DoD Rare Cancers, Concept Award

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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.