fy17 ocrp program announcements and general application instructions for the following award mechanisms are posted on grants.gov.
as directed by the office of the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, the defense health agency (dha), j9 research and development directorate manages the defense health program (dhp) research, development, test, and evaluation (rdt&e) appropriation. the managing agent for the anticipated program announcements/funding opportunities is the congressionally directed medical research programs (cdmrp).
the mission of the ocrp is to support patient-centered research to prevent, detect, treat, and cure ovarian cancer. although not required, investigators are encouraged to address one of the fy17 areas of encouragement in their applications.
· novel therapies and associated predictive biomarkers
· non-invasive surveillance and assessment of disease
· treatment resistance
· immunotherapy
· etiology, epidemiology, and prevention
· early detection
· rare subtypes
· host-tumor interactions
· survivorship and quality of life
clinical development award – pre-application due june 21, full application due september 11
must be an independent investigator at or above the level of assistant professor (or equivalent)
· supports the translation of promising preclinical findings into products for clinical applications, including prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment, or quality of life.
· near-term impact is expected.
pre-application is required; application is by invitation only.
maximum funding of $600,000 for direct costs (plus indirect costs)
maximum period of performance is 3 years
investigator-initiated research award – pre-application due june 21, full application due september 11
must be an independent investigator at or above the level of assistant professor (or equivalent)
pre-application is required; application is by invitation only.
maximum funding of $450,000 for direct costs (plus indirect costs)
maximum period of performance is 3 years
ovarian cancer academy award – early-career investigator– pre-application due june 21, full application due september 6
must be within 3 years of his/her last postdoctoral research position (ph.d) or clinical fellowship (m.d.), or equivalent as of the full application submission deadline. a letter attesting to eligibility is required.
pre-application is required; application is by invitation only.
maximum funding of $725,000 for direct costs (plus indirect costs)
maximum period of performance is 4 years
pilot award– pre-application due june 14, full application due august 24
established investigator: independent investigator for whom it has been more than 3 years since his/her last postdoctoral research position (ph.d) or clinical fellowship (m.d.), or equivalent; or
early-career investigator:
investigators must meet one of the following criteria by the application submission date:
· must be within 3 years of his/her last postdoctoral research position (ph.d) or clinical fellowship (m.d.).
or
· in a postdoctoral research position (ph.d), or clinical fellowship (m.d.), or equivalent.
a letter attesting to eligibility is required.
pre-application is required and is blinded; application submission is by invitation only.
maximum funding of $250,000 for direct costs (plus indirect costs)
maximum period of performance is 2 years
a pre-application is required and must be submitted through the electronic biomedical research application portal (ebrap) at https://ebrap.org prior to the pre-application deadline. all applications must conform to the final program announcements and general application instructions that will be available for electronic downloading from the grants.gov website. the application package containing the required forms for each award mechanism will also be found on grants.gov. a listing of all cdmrp funding opportunities can be obtained on the grants.gov website by performing a basic search using cfda number 12.420.
applications must be submitted through the federal government’s single-entry portal, grants.gov. for email notification when program announcements are released, subscribe to program-specific news and updates under “email subscriptions” on the ebrap homepage at https://ebrap.org. for more information about the ocrp or other cdmrp-administered programs, please visit the cdmrp website (http://cdmrp.army.mil).