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DoW Peer Reviewed Cancer, Idea Award

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Next cut-off
05 Oct '26
in 29 days
Per grant
$600K
the call's own average
Grants expected
30
projects that will be funded
Funding rate
,
not published, read the conditions

In context of US Department of Defense

This grant$600K
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) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) Idea Award (IA) supports innovative, untested, high-risk/potentially high-reward concepts, theories, paradigms, and/or basic cancer research. The advancement of knowledge in cancer research, patient care, and/or treatment options in the Military Health System (MHS) is critical to Service Members, Veterans, other military beneficiaries and the American public.

Distinctive Features: The proposed project should demonstrate creative thinking and innovation.

  • Incremental advances, the next logical step, or switching a model system from one cancer to another cancer are not appropriate for this award.
  • Inclusion of preliminary data is not required; however, the project must be based on strong scientific rationale.
  • New for FY26: Early Career Investigator Option: The Early Career Investigator option is designed to support the continued development of promising independent investigators that are early in their faculty appointments.

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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