DoW Rare Cancers Concept Award

The FY26 Rare Cancers Concept Award funds highly innovative, untested ideas in rare cancers and does not allow clinical trials. Eligible applicants include U.S. Department of War intramural and extramural organizations, including foreign and domestic, for-profit and nonprofit, and public or private entities; the PI must be an independent investigator at or above postdoctoral level and may be named on only one application. The program expects about $2.52 million to fund about 18 awards, with a total cost cap of $140,000 per award and a 2-year maximum period of performance; cost sharing is not required. The research must relate to rare cancers affecting six or fewer people per 100,000 per year in the United States and be relevant to active-duty Service Members, Veterans, military beneficiaries, and the American public.

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• Science and Technology and other Research and Development
• Research & Discovery
• Researchers & Scholars
• Biomedical & Disease Research

• ✓ Unrestricted