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HT942526LCRPTRA: DoW Lung Cancer Translational Research Award

Closed Closed September 2, 2026 Opportunity HT942526LCRPTRA

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 2026.

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA offered grants to any type of organization. It expected to make about 6 awards worth $9.1 million in total. Applications closed on September 2, 2026.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed May 6, 2026. Checked November 7, 2026.

Key dates

PostedMay 5, 2026
DeadlineSeptember 2, 2026
Archived by Grants.govOctober 2, 2026

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

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What the grant funds

Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP) Translational Research Award (TRA) supports advanced translational research that will foster transformation of promising ideas in lung cancer into clinical applications. Research must address at least one of the FY26 LCRP areas of emphasis. Distinctive Features: This funding mechanism intends to support a broad range of translational studies and allows application submission under: Funding Level 1 – Advanced/late-stage preclinical work or correlative studies; or Funding Level 2 – Pilot clinical trials of novel interventions.

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 HT942526LCRPTRA still open?

No. It closed on September 2, 2026. A newer notice is open: HT942526BCRPCREA2, closes November 18, 2026 (11 days left).

Who can apply for DoW Lung Cancer Translational Research Award?

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

What is the deadline for DoW Lung Cancer Translational Research Award?

Closed September 2, 2026. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

About $9.1 million in total across about 6 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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