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DoW Melanoma Research Program Idea Award

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Next cut-off
14 Oct '26
in 38 days
Per grant
$560K
the call's own average
Grants expected
10
projects that will be funded
Funding rate
,
not published, read the conditions

In context of US Department of Defense

This grant$560K
The track runs to the largest grant in US Department of Defense ($1000M). The median across the 126 calls we publish is $1.5M, this one is below it.

What this call funds

Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Melanoma Research Program (MRP) Idea Award supports innovative, exploratory, high-risk/potentially high-reward research. Novelty and innovation are expected to be key aspects of the proposed project. By the end of the Idea Award funding period, the anticipated outcomes of successful efforts should establish proof of principle and obtain preliminary data to secure follow-on funding.

Distinctive Features:

  • Preliminary data are discouraged.
  • After submitting the required pre-application, investigators must receive an invitation to submit a full application.

What applying costs you

ItemEstimateNote
Drafting effort3–4 weekssingle submission
Time to first payment6–9 monthscut-off → evaluation → grant agreement

These are Bemzu's estimates from the call's structure (the number of stages and whether a consortium is required) not figures published by the Commission. Only the co-financing share is read from the call itself.

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