The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and

may not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the

Army, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government

The Congressionally Directed Medical

Research Programs Funding Opportunities:

Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program

Donna M. Kimbark, Ph.D.

Program Manager, Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program

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Appropriation

FY16: $50M

TOPIC AREAS

Bladder cancer

Colorectal cancer

Immunotherapy

Kidney cancer

Listeria vaccine for

cancer

Liver cancer

Lymphoma

Melanoma and other

skin cancers

Mesothelioma

Neuroblastoma

Pancreatic cancer

Pediatric brain

tumors

Stomach cancer

Topics Areas for Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program

Vision: To improve quality of life by decreasing the

impact of cancer on service members, their families, and

the American public

Mission: To successfully promote high-impact research

for cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and

survivorship

FY16: $50M

FY09-15: $149.8M

320 awards

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FY16 PRCRP Military Relevance Focus Areas

♦ Identification of militarily relevant risk factors associated with

cancer (e.g., ionizing radiation, chemicals, infectious agents, and

environmental carcinogens)

♦ Unmet gaps in cancer care spectrum (prevention, early detection,

diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and/or survivorship) that impact

the health and well-being of Service Members, Veterans, and their

beneficiaries

Applications that address exposures, conditions, or circumstances

that are unique to the military, or disproportionately represented in a

military beneficiary population, are the highest priority.

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FY16 PRCRP Funding Opportunities

• All researchers with faculty level appointment eligible

• Supports innovative, high-risk/high gain research

• Emphasis on innovation

• Special Focus on military relevance

• Preliminary data discouraged

• Direct costs - $400k over 2 yrs

• Assistant Professor or above eligible

• 2-3 PIs partner Supports correlative studies associated with an ongoing, completed trial

• Emphasis on military relevance

• Preliminary data required

• Direct costs - $1M amongst the partners over 3 yrs

• Independent investigator within 10 years of terminal degree

• Designated mentor at level of Associate professor

• Supports impactful research

• Encouraged to focus on military relevance

• Preliminary data not required

• Direct costs - $360k over 3 yrs.

• Pre-doctoral & Post-doctoral investigators eligible

• Supports junior level scientists

• Supports impactful research

• Encouraged to focus on military relevance

• Emphasis on discovery • Preliminary data not

required • Direct costs - $150k

over 2 yrs

Idea Award with Special Focus

Translational Team Science Award

Career Development Award

Horizon Award

Pre-application due 8 June 2016 at 5 pm ET To be released in July 2016

Clinical trials are not allowed

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Propose solutions to important problems: IMPACT

Identify gap(s) that will be filled: INNOVATION

Align the proposed work with guidance from the Announcement:

RELEVANCE

Justify a technically sound plan with clear approaches for

contingencies: FEASIBILITY

Include evidence of appropriate EXPERTISE (collaboration, consultants, etc.)

Ensure the study is APPROPRIATELY POWERED for the proposed research

outcome

Explain the proposed work with CLARITY and UNBURDENED by jargon

Demonstrate AVAILABILITY and ACCESS to critical resources, reagents,

and/or subject populations

Respect the different audiences of the technical and lay abstracts and

COMMUNICATE effectively

Don’t break the rules for deadlines or requirements – BE COMPLIANT

Strategies for Success

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Do not include Programmatic Panel members for the program

and fiscal year to which you are applying

Do not exceed the page limits; check files after creating PDF

version

Do not miss the submission deadline

Grants.gov validation may take up to 72 hours

System-to-system submissions are sometimes problematic

Application verification in eBRAP is possible before the deadline

Submit the correct Project Narrative and Budget – these

components cannot be modified during the verification

period in eBRAP

Pitfalls to Avoid in Application Submission