The Department of Defense (DOD) is offering this Visionary Postdoctoral Fellowship Award to foster the next generation of cancer research. This grant is for exceptionally talented recent medical or other doctoral graduates pursuing cutting-edge, innovative cancer investigations. Its purpose is to support their postdoctoral fellowship, emphasizing high-risk/high-impact basic science or translational research with potential short-term or long-term clinical impact. Awardees will collaborate with an early-career, independent investigator mentor on topics relevant to military beneficiaries, ensuring new investigators have opportunities to excel in groundbreaking research for cancer prevention, detection, and treatment.
Opportunity ID: 168073
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | W81XWH-12-PRCRP-VPFA |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | DOD FY12 Peer Reviewed Cancer Visionary Postdoctoral Fellowship 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: | 20 |
| Assistance Listings: | 12.420 — Military Medical Research and Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 27, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 12, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 12, 2012 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 12, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $7,680,000 |
| 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 FY12 Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) fosters the next generation of cancer research by providing new and early career investigators opportunities to excel in groundbreaking cutting-edge research for the prevention, detection, and treatment of cancer. To support the development of future generations of cancer researchers, this award offers an opportunity for a candidate postdoctoral fellow to collaborate with an early-career independent, not yet tenured investigator serving as mentor in at least one of the FY12 PRCRP Topic Areas (see full program announcement) toward investigations that are relevant to military beneficiaries. The Visionary Postdoctoral Fellowship Award is intended to support exceptionally talented, recent medical or other doctoral graduates in their pursuit of cancer research during a postdoctoral fellowship with a focus on cutting-edge, innovative, high-risk/high-impact basic science or translational research that will have either short-term or long-term clinical impact. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
PA HELP and eReceipt HELP: 301-682-5507; help@cdmrp.org
Email:help@cdmrp.org |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 168073 Full Announcement-1 -> prcrp_fy12_postdoc eligibility statement_gg.pdf
Folder 168073 Full Announcement-1 -> prcrp_fy12_vpfa_gg.pdf
Folder 168073 Full Announcement-1 -> prcrp_fy12_mentor eligibility statement_gg.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | PA HELP and eReceipt HELP: 301-682-5507; help@cdmrp.org Email: help@cdmrp.org |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.420 | PKG00119430 | Apr 27, 2012 | Sep 12, 2012 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
168073 RR_SF424_1_2-1.2.pdf
168073 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
168073 RR_Budget-1.1.pdf
168073 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
168073 RR_SubawardBudget30-1.2.pdf
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