# CDMRP Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Academy Award

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/w81xwh-21-ocrp-oca-cdmrp-ovarian-cancer-ovarian-cancer-academy-award/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/331384

> Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA offered grants to any type of organization. It expected to make about 2 awards worth $2.3 million in total. Applications closed on July 8, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | W81XWH-21-OCRP-OCA |
| Agency | Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | July 8, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | not stated |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 2 |
| Total funding | $2.3 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

The OCA is a virtual career development and research training platform that consists of Early-Career Investigators (ECIs), and their Designated Mentors from different institutions, and an Academy Dean and Assistant Dean. This FY21 Program Announcement/Funding Opportunity is soliciting additional ECIs to join the existing Academy. This award mechanism enables the ECI (the investigator named as the Principal Investigator [PI] on the application) to pursue an ovarian cancer project that may be basic, translational, and/or clinical research, or a clinical trial under the guidance of a Designated Mentor. The Designated Mentor is not required to be at the same institution as the ECI. New for FY21 is the ECI eligibility: Must be within five (5) years of last postdoctoral research position (Ph.D.) or clinical fellowship (M.D.), or equivalent as of the full application submission deadline.

## Questions people ask

### Is W81XWH-21-OCRP-OCA still open?

No. It closed on July 8, 2021. A newer notice is open: HT942526BCRPCREA2, closes November 18, 2026 (11 days left).

### Who can apply for CDMRP Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Academy Award?

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

### What is the deadline for CDMRP Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Academy Award?

Closed July 8, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

About $2.3 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.