Closed · W81XWH-21-MRP-IA · CFDA 12.420 · Discretionary
DOD Melanoma Idea Award
Federal grant opportunity posted by Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- Varies
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- September 28, 2021
- Close date
- 10
- Expected awards
The verdict
DOD Melanoma Idea Award is a closed discretionary listing from Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA that offered Varies by applicant across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,795 other opportunities from Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA.
- Varies
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 10
- expected awards
- 12.420
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
DOD Melanoma Idea Award is closed (last close September 28, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA still indexes 1,795 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed September 28, 2021
Est. Total Funding
$8,000,000
Expected Awards
10
Instrument
Grant
Description
The FY21 MRP Idea Award supports innovative, untested, exploratory, high-risk/potentially high-reward concepts, theories, paradigms, and/or methods in melanoma research. The advancement of knowledge in melanoma research, patient care, and/or treatment options in the Military Health System (MHS) is critical to active-duty Service Members, Veterans, other military beneficiaries, and the American public.The purpose of the Idea Award is to generate novel research avenues for investigation; therefore, novelty and innovation should be key aspects of the proposed research. Research supported by the Idea Award must introduce a new paradigm, challenge existing paradigms, look at existing problems from new perspectives, or exhibit other highly creative qualities. The proposed project can be exploratory, hypothesis-driven or hypothesis-generating research but must be based on a strong scientific rationale and a well-developed study design and plan of analysis.The Idea Award is not intended to expand or extend previously published findings or continue an established line of research. Incremental advances, the next logical step, or switching the object or method of inquiry from one cancer to another cancer is not considered innovative.Studies involving non-melanoma skin cancers are not allowed under the FY21 MRP.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · W81XWH-21-MRP-IA
Grants.gov marks DOD Melanoma Idea Award with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA book (1,791 peers, 100% of 1,796).
- Code 99
- Unrestricted / see official listing
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
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Agency Contact
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What to do next
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