# DoD Rare Cancers, Concept Award

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/ht942525rcrpca-dod-rare-cancers-concept-award/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/358793

> Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA offered grants to any type of organization. It expected to make about 17 awards worth $2.4 million in total. Applications closed on August 26, 2025.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | HT942525RCRPCA |
| Agency | Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | August 26, 2025 |
| Award ceiling | not stated |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 17 |
| Total funding | $2.4 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: The fiscal year 2025 (FY25) Rare Cancers Research Program (RCRP) Concept Award (CA) supports highly innovative, untested, potentially groundbreaking novel concepts in rare cancers. This award mechanism supports high-risk studies that have the potential to reveal entirely new avenues for investigation in rare cancers. Applications must describe how the new idea will be innovative and present as a novel course of investigation in the field of rare cancers. Distinctive Features: · Preliminary data are not required. · Due to the blinded nature of the review process, identifying or making references to the Principal Investigator (PI), collaborator(s), or their organization(s) in the proposal (Project Narrative, Supporting Documentations, Impact Statement, Justification Statement, and Statement of Work [SOW]) is prohibited and will result in administrative rejection of the application. Funding Details: (New for FY25) Funding limits are now listed as total cost limits, which is the combination of both direct and indirect costs.

## Questions people ask

### Is HT942525RCRPCA still open?

No. It closed on August 26, 2025. 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 26, 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 $2.4 million in total across about 17 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.