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HT942525MRPMASA: DoD Melanoma, Melanoma Academy Scholar Award

Closed Closed October 1, 2025 Opportunity HT942525MRPMASA

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 2025.

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA offered grants to any type of organization. It expected to make about 2 awards worth $1.5 million in total. Applications closed on October 1, 2025.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed May 23, 2025. 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
HT942524MRPMASAMay 8, 2024Closed August 26, 2024Closed
W81XWH-22-MRP-MASAJune 1, 2022Closed October 5, 2022Closed
W81XWH-21-MRP-MASAMay 7, 2021Closed August 26, 2021Closed

Key dates

PostedMay 14, 2025
DeadlineOctober 1, 2025
Archived by Grants.govOctober 31, 2025

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

Summary: This funding opportunity announcement is for the addition of independent, early career investigators (Scholars) who are no more than seven years from their initial faculty appointment to the Melanoma Research Program (MRP) Melanoma Academy. The Melanoma Academy is a unique, interactive virtual academy focused on bringing together established investigators and Scholars to develop a network of successful, highly productive melanoma researchers in a collaborative research and career development environment. Distinctive Features: · This award mechanism focuses on both the Scholar’s research and career potential. · Scholars must designate a Career Guide. The Career Guide must have a track record of successful mentorship coupled with a strong record of funding and publications in melanoma. · Preliminary data are not required. Funding Details: The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) expects to allot approximately $1.76 million (M) to fund approximately 2 Melanoma Academy Scholar Award applications with direct cost caps of $550,000. The maximum period of performance is 3 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.

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 HT942525MRPMASA 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 Scholar Award?

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

What is the deadline for DoD Melanoma, Melanoma Academy Scholar 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 $1.5 million in total across about 2 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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