DoD Kidney Cancer, Concept Award | W81XWH 17 KCRP CA

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The DoD Kidney Cancer Research Program (KCRP) FY17 Concept Award is a Department of Defense funding opportunity aimed at sparking genuinely new directions in kidney cancer research. It is built specifically for ideas that are highly innovative, untested, and potentially groundbreaking, rather than projects that represent the next incremental step of an already established research line. A central intent of this mechanism is to give principal investigators room to chase surprising or serendipitous observations and explore high-risk concepts that could open entirely new avenues of investigation relevant not only to the broader public, but also to active duty Service members, Veterans, and other military beneficiaries.

A defining feature of this award is that preliminary data are not allowed. In practice, that means proposals should be framed as early-stage, concept-driven investigations where the strength of the application comes from the novelty of the hypothesis or approach, the logic supporting why it could matter for kidney cancer, and a clear, feasible plan to test key ideas within a small, early funding window. Applicants are expected to explain how the proposed concept would add to existing kidney cancer knowledge or create an innovative new research path. The program also emphasizes that results from a Concept Award are intended to help investigators generate enough initial evidence to support later, more substantial applications for follow-on funding.

The anticipated budget for this mechanism is modest and focused on direct research costs: total direct costs for the full period of performance are capped at $75,000. While the listing notes an award ceiling of $0 in the standardized fields, the narrative guidance makes clear that the practical cap is the $75,000 direct-cost limit, with additional details governed by the program announcement's funding restrictions section. The opportunity was administered by the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, through USAMRAA, and offered as either a grant or cooperative agreement under CFDA 12.420 within the Science and Technology / Research and Development activity category. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to a wide range of applicant organizations, subject to any clarifications in the full announcement.

Human subjects rules are intentionally restrictive because the award is meant for preliminary investigations. If a project involves human subjects or human specimens, it must qualify either as exempt research under 32 CFR 219.101(b) or be eligible for expedited review under 32 CFR 219.110 or 21 CFR 56.110. Clinical trials are explicitly not allowed under this announcement. Applications proposing human-subjects work that does not meet exempt or expedited criteria would be administratively withdrawn, so applicants need to design any human-related components to fit those regulatory categories. The program points applicants to a Human Subject Resource Document on eBRAP for additional guidance.

Operationally, the funding opportunity (W81XWH 17 KCRP CA) was posted on October 25, 2017, with an original closing date of January 4, 2018, and the program anticipated making about nine awards. Overall, the Concept Award is best understood as a small, high-risk seed funding mechanism designed to test bold kidney cancer ideas quickly, without requiring preliminary results up front, and to position investigators for larger future studies once early feasibility or proof-of-concept data have been generated.

• The Department of Defense, Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "DoD Kidney Cancer, Concept Award" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.420.
• This funding opportunity was created on Oct 25, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 04, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 9 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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