NEWS RELEASE
Released: December 15, 2008
Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program
Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2009
The Fiscal Year 2009 (FY09) Defense Appropriations Act provides $150 million to the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP)
to support innovative, high-impact breast cancer research. This program is administered by the US
Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) through the Office of Congressionally
Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).
FY09 BCRP program announcements and application instructions for the following award mechanisms are anticipated to be posted on Grants.gov in January 2009.
Award Mechanism | Eligibility | Key Mechanism Elements | Funding |
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Predoctoral Traineeship Award | Principal Investigator: Graduate student enrolled in a PhD or MD/PhD program
Mentor: Must have breast cancer experience, to include current funding and publications |
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Postdoctoral Fellowship Award | Principal Investigator: Doctoral graduates (PhD or MD)
No more than 2 years in the proposed research setting and no more than 4 years' postdoctoral research experience Mentor or formal co-mentor: Must have breast cancer experience, to include current funding and publications |
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HBCU/MI Partnership Training Award | Principal Investigator/Co-investigator(s): HBCU/MI faculty member with doctoral degree
Mentor(s): Must have an established breast cancer research program at the mentoring institution |
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Era of Hope Scholar Award | Independent, non-mentored investigators within 6 years of their last mentored position as of the nomination deadline |
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Innovator Award | Investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent) |
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Idea Award | Investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent)
Investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent) |
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Impact Award | Investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent) |
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Integrated Multi-Team Research Award | Three independent, faculty-level (or equivalent) investigators
Must include a basic investigator, a clinical investigator, and an investigator from any other area of expertise |
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Information in this pre-announcement is being provided to allow investigators time to plan and develop proposals. All proposals must conform to the final program announcements and application instructions that will be available for electronic downloading from the Grants.gov website in January 2009. The application package containing the required forms for each award mechanism will also be found on Grants.gov. A listing of all USAMRMC funding opportunities can be obtained on the Grants.gov website by performing a basic search using CFDA Number 12.420.
A pre-application is required and must be submitted through the CDMRP eReceipt website (http://cdmrp.org) prior to proposal submission. Proposals must be submitted through the federal government's single-entry portal, Grants.gov. Requests for email notification of the program announcements release may be sent to help@cdmrp.org. For more information about the BCRP or other CDMRP-administered programs, please visit the CDMRP website (https://cdmrp.army.mil).
Point of Contact:
- Gail Whitehead, Public Affairs Coordinator, CDMRP, 301-619-7783
gail.whitehead@amedd.army.mil
Last updated Thursday, May 26, 2022