NEWS RELEASE
Released: January 21, 2010
Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program
Funding for Fiscal Year 2010
The Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10) Defense Appropriations Act provides $18.75 million to the Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP) to eliminate ovarian cancer by supporting innovative, high-impact research. This program is administered by the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) through the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). The OCRP is providing the information in this pre-announcement to allow investigators time to plan and develop proposals. FY10 OCRP program announcements and general application instructions for the following award mechanisms are anticipated to be posted on Grants.gov in January 2010*, unless noted otherwise. (https://www.grants.gov and https://cdmrp.army.mil, respectively) in late January/early February 2010.
Award Mechanism | Eligibility | Key Mechanism Elements | Funding |
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Pilot Award | Investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent) |
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Translational Pilot Award | Investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent) |
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*The second of the two-phase Consortium Award will be released in March 2010; eligibility will be limited to
the recipients of the FY08 and FY09 Consortium Development Award.
All applications must conform to the final program announcements and general application instructions that will be
available for electronic downloading from the Grants.gov website. 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
(https://cdmrp.org)) prior to application submission. Applications 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 OCRP or other CDMRP-sponsored programs, please visit the
CDMRP website CDMRP website (https://cdmrp.army.mil)
Point of Contact:
- CDMRP Public Affairs, 301-619-7783
CDMRP Public Affairs, CDMRP.PublicAffairs@amedd.army.mil