DoD Prostate Cancer Idea Development Award

Funding Opportunity Number: W81XWH-14-PCRP-IDA Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementGrantCategory of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCFDA Number: 12.420Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Agency Name: DOD-AMRAAClosing Date: Sep 24, 2014Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 42Creation Date: May 06, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The PCRP Idea Development Award mechanism was first offered in FY97. Since then, 6,070 Idea Development Award applications have been received, and 1,070 have been recommended for funding. The Idea Development Award supports new ideas that represent innovative approaches to prostate cancer research and have the potential to make an important contribution to the PCRP mission. Although groundbreaking research often involves a degree of risk, applications should be based on a sound scientific rationale that is established through logical reasoning and/or critical review and analysis of the literature. Due to this award’s emphasis on innovation, the presentation of preliminary data relevant to prostate cancer and the proposed project is encouraged but not required. Research deemed innovative may represent a new paradigm, challenge current paradigms, look at existing problems from new perspe...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Science and Technology and other Research and Development Source Type: funding