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HT9425-23-RCRP-CA: DOD, Rare Cancers, Concept Award

Closed Closed August 25, 2023 Opportunity HT9425-23-RCRP-CA

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: DoW Breast Cancer, Clinical Research Extension Award (HT942526BCRPCREA2). Status: Closes November 18, 2026 (11 days left). It is in our archive of Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA notices from 2023.

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA offered grants to any type of organization. It expected to make about 20 awards worth $3.2 million in total. Applications closed on August 25, 2023.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed April 19, 2023. Checked November 7, 2026.

Other notices with this title

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA has posted this title under other numbers: earlier or later rounds, or the same competition for another area. Each has its own dates and may change its rules.

NoticePostedDeadlineStatus
HT942525RCRPCAMay 1, 2025Closed August 26, 2025Closed
HT942524RCRPCAApril 19, 2024Closed August 26, 2024Closed
W81XWH-22-RCRP-CAApril 20, 2022Closed August 29, 2022Closed
W81XWH-21-RCRP-CAMay 18, 2021Closed August 13, 2021Closed

Key dates

PostedApril 19, 2023
DeadlineAugust 25, 2023
Archived by Grants.govSeptember 24, 2023

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

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Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

The FY23 RCRP Concept Award supports highly innovative, untested, potentially groundbreaking novel concepts in rare cancers. The Concept Award is not intended to support an incremental progression of an already established research project; instead, it allows Principal Investigators (PIs) the opportunity to pursue serendipitous observations. Preliminary data are not required. This award mechanism supports high-risk studies that have the potential to reveal entirely new avenues for investigation. Applications must describe how the new idea will enhance the existing knowledge of rare cancers or develop an innovative and novel course of investigation. Research completed through a Concept Award may generate sufficient preliminary data to enable the PI to prepare an application for future research.

Category: Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

Who has won Military Medical Research and Development grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Military Medical Research and Development (12.420) awarded $6.9 billion across 5,470 grant awards, an average of $1.3 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.Maryland81$546 million
The Univeristy of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterTexas139$166 million
The Johns Hopkins UniversityMaryland157$153 million
The Regents of the University of California, San FranciscoCalifornia113$147 million
Duke UniversityNorth Carolina86$123 million

Top states: Maryland ($793 million), California ($751 million), Texas ($598 million), Massachusetts ($586 million), New York ($508 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, HT942526BCRPCREA2, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is HT9425-23-RCRP-CA still open?

No. It closed on August 25, 2023. A newer notice is open: HT942526BCRPCREA2, closes November 18, 2026 (11 days left).

Who can apply for DOD, Rare Cancers, Concept Award?

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA accepted applications from any type of organization.

What is the deadline for DOD, Rare Cancers, Concept Award?

Closed August 25, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

About $3.2 million in total across about 20 awards.

Who has won Military Medical Research and Development grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., The Univeristy of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins University. The program made 5,470 awards worth $6.9 billion in that time.

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