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Find similar grantsDoD Rare Cancers, Idea Development Award is sponsored by Department of Defense (DoD), Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA. The FY24 Rare Cancers Idea Development Award promotes new ideas in early stages of development with the potential for impactful data and new avenues of investigation in rare cancers.
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gov Maintenance Calendar DoD Rare Cancers, Idea Development Award Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA Document Type:Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number:HT942525RCRPIDA Funding Opportunity Title:DoD Rare Cancers, Idea Development Award Opportunity Category:Discretionary Opportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type:Grant Category of Funding Activity:Science and Technology and other Research and Development Expected Number of Awards:14 Assistance Listings:12.
420 -- Military Medical Research and Development Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:No Last Updated Date:May 01, 2025 Original Closing Date for Applications:Oct 06, 2025 Current Closing Date for Applications:Oct 06, 2025 Estimated Total Program Funding:$ 6,860,000 Eligible Applicants:Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" Additional Information on Eligibility: ## Additional Information Agency Name:Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA Description:**Summary:**The fiscal year 2025 (FY25) Rare Cancers Research Program (RCRP) Idea Development Award (IDA) promotes new ideas that are still in the early stages of development and have the potential to yield impactful data and new avenues of investigation.
**Distinctive Features:** ·Applications are encouraged to include an exploratory aim or sub-aim to support any necessary discovery-driven research. ·**Preliminary data with disease-specific rationale are required**. However, these data do not necessarily need to be derived from studies of the proposed rare cancer type(s)/subtype(s) under study.
·**Research should have high potential impact on rare cancers and the patient community**. **Funding Details:**(**_New for FY25)_**Funding limits are now listed as **_total cost_ limits, which is the combination of both direct and indirect costs. ** Link to Additional Information:[](https://grants.
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