This grant is for supporting visionary individuals with exceptional creativity and leadership in any field, to drive groundbreaking advancements in breast cancer. The DoD Breast Cancer Innovator Award provides funding and freedom to pursue highly novel, high-risk ideas aiming for breast cancer eradication. This award prioritizes the individual’s past innovative contributions and future promise, rather than specific projects. Applicants from diverse organizations are welcome. While direct breast cancer research experience isn’t required, the application must focus on breast cancer, demonstrating how their unique vision will contribute to solving this challenge, requiring a minimum 50% commitment.
Opportunity ID: 51865
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | W81XWH-10-BCRP-INNOV |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | DoD Breast Cancer Innovator Award |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 2 |
| Assistance Listings: | 12.420 — Military Medical Research and Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Feb 16, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 07, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 07, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | May 07, 2010 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $15,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| 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: | Dept. of the Army — USAMRAA |
| Description: | The BCRP Innovator Award was first offered in FY01. Since that time, 182 Innovator Award applications have been received, and 17 have been recommended for funding. The Innovator Award supports visionary individuals who have demonstrated creativity, innovative work, and leadership in any field including, but not limited to, breast cancer. These individuals will have the most potential for future ground-breaking achievements in breast cancer. The Innovator Award will provide these individuals with the funding and freedom to pursue their most novel, visionary, high-risk ideas that could ultimately lead to the eradication of breast cancer. The individuals may be from diverse organizations including, but not limited to, academic institutions, advocacy groups, government agencies, the private sector, the media, and/or professional societies. Since the intent of the Innovator Award mechanism is to recognize creative and innovative individuals rather than projects, the central feature of the award is the innovative contribution that the recipient can make to the eradication of breast cancer. As such, each applicant is required to submit an essay addressing his/her area(s) of focus and how he/she will use the award to pursue his/her most creative vision in breast cancer research. The primary criteria for making these awards will be an individuals past record of creativity, their promise for continued innovation in future work, and an indication of how this award will create and further innovative strategies to solve the breast cancer problem. Experience in breast cancer research is not required; however, the application must focus on breast cancer, and it is expected that the recipient will commit a minimum of 50% of |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
PA HELP: 301-619-7079; cdmrp.pa@amedd.army.mil
eReceipt HELP: 301-682-5507; help@cdmrp.org Email:cdmrp.pa@amedd.army.mil |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 51865 Full Announcement-1 -> fy10 cdmrp detailed budget and justification form-1.pdf
Folder 51865 Full Announcement-1 -> bcrp_fy10 innov pa_gg.pdf
Folder 51865 Full Announcement-1 -> fy10 cdmrp biosketch-1.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | PA HELP: 301-619-7079; cdmrp.pa@amedd.army.mil eReceipt HELP: 301-682-5507; help@cdmrp.org Email: cdmrp.pa@amedd.army.mil |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.420 | PKG00016450 | Feb 16, 2010 | Apr 07, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
51865 RR_SF424_1_2-1.2.pdf
51865 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
51865 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_1_2-1.2.pdf
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