# DoD Melanoma, Melanoma Academy Leadership Award

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/ht942525mrpmala-dod-melanoma-melanoma-academy-leadership-award/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/358953

> Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA offered grants to any type of organization. It expected to make one award worth $1.8 million in total. Applications closed on October 1, 2025.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | HT942525MRPMALA |
| Agency | Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | October 1, 2025 |
| Award ceiling | not stated |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $1.8 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 12.420 |

## Who can apply

- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

## What the grant funds

Summary: This funding opportunity announcement seeks to solicit a Director and Deputy Director to lead the Melanoma Research Program (MRP) Melanoma Academy. The Melanoma Academy is a unique, interactive virtual academy focused on bringing together established investigators and independent, early-career investigators (Scholars) to develop successful, highly productive melanoma researchers in a collaborative research and career development environment. Distinctive Features: This funding mechanism is a partnering mechanism, requiring an Initiating Principal Investigator (PI) who will serve as the Melanoma Academy Director and a Partnering PI who will serve as the Melanoma Academy Deputy Director. · Only the Initiating PI will submit a pre-application. Both PIs will need to submit full applications; the Partnering PI’s application is an abbreviated package. If recommended for funding, each PI will be named on separate awards to the recipient organization(s). Funding Details: The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) expects to allot approximately $2.1 million (M) to fund approximately one Melanoma Academy Leadership Award application with combined direct cost cap of $1.3M. The maximum period of performance is 4 years. It is anticipated that awards made from this fiscal year 2025 (FY25) funding opportunity will be funded with FY25 funds, which will expire for use on September 30, 2031. Awards supported with FY25 funds will be made no later than September 30, 2026.

## Questions people ask

### Is HT942525MRPMALA still open?

No. It closed on October 1, 2025. A newer notice is open: HT942526BCRPCREA2, closes November 18, 2026 (11 days left).

### Who can apply for DoD Melanoma, Melanoma Academy Leadership Award?

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

### What is the deadline for DoD Melanoma, Melanoma Academy Leadership Award?

Closed October 1, 2025. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

About $1.8 million in total for one award.

### 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.