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W81XWH-21-KCRP-AKCIECIA: DOD Kidney Cancer, Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators Early-Career Investigator Award

Closed Closed October 5, 2021 Opportunity W81XWH-21-KCRP-AKCIECIA ☆ Save

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 2021.

• Total funding$3.5 million
• Expected awards3
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

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

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Most of the program's money (59% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The KCRP Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators Awards support a unique, interactive virtual academy providing intensive mentoring, national networking, collaborations, and a peer group for junior faculty emerging as potential leaders of kidney cancer research. The overarching goal of the Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators (AKCI) is to develop successful, highly productive kidney cancer researchers in a collaborative research and career development environment. The AKCI is a virtual career development and research training platform that consists of Early-Career Investigator (ECI)/Designated Mentor pairs from different institutions, and an Academy Dean. The KCRP AKCIECIA is not a traditional career development award; the ECI is expected to participate in monthly webinars and annual workshops and to communicate and collaborate with other members of the Academy (other ECIs, mentors, Dean) as well as with the kidney cancer advocacy community. The Academy Dean, selected in FY19, serves as a resource for the ECIs and mentors, assessing the progress of the ECIs, and facilitating communication and collaboration among all of the ECIs and mentors, as well as with research and advocacy communities. In addition to fostering ECI scientific development, the AKCI, through its leadership by the Academy Dean, provides professional and leadership development of the ECIs to include skills and competencies needed to fund and manage a productive laboratory or research team. This FY21 program announcement is soliciting ECIs and Designated Mentors to join the newly established Academy. This award mechanism enables the ECI (the investigator named as the Principal Investigator [PI] on the application) to pursue a kidney cancer project that may be basic, translational, and/or clinical research. The Designated Mentor is not required to be at the same institution as the ECI. The KCRP encourages applications from ECIs whose ability to commit to conducting kidney cancer research is limited by minimal resources or a lack of resources, such as a qualified Designated Mentor at their institution, access to kidney cancer research tools, opportunities for establishing collaborations, or other obstacles, which should be identified in the application. Preliminary data to support the feasibility of the research applications and approaches are required; however, this data does not necessarily need to be derived from the kidney cancer research field.

Category: Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

Applying now

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

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