CDMRP Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program: Idea Award

The Idea Award supports innovative, untested, high-risk/potentially high-reward concepts, theories, paradigms, and/or methods in cancer research. 

Applications must address at least one of the Topic Areas listed below:

• Bladder cancer
• Blood cancers
• Brain cancer
• Colorectal cancer
• Endometrial cancer
• Esophageal cancer
• Germ cell caners
• Head and neck cancers
• Liver cancer
• Lymphoma
• Mesothelioma
• Metastatic cancers
• Myeloma
• Neuroblastoma
• Pediatric, adolescent, and young adult cancers
• Pediatric brain tumors
• Stomach cancer
• Sarcoma
• Thyroid cancer
• New for FY22: Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome malignancies

Applications must also address at least one of the FY22 PRCRP Military Relevance Focus Areas:

• Environmental/exposure risk factors associated with cancer
• Gaps in cancer research that may affect mission readiness

Investigators are strongly encouraged to collaborate, integrate, and/or align their research projects with Department of Defense (DoD) and/or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) research laboratories and programs.

It is expected that 35 awards will be granted 

Funding: $400,000 total
Duration: 2 years

Research Authority due date: 17.5.22

Pre application (required) due date: 25.5.22
Full application due date: 7.9.22