Closed · HT942525RCRPIDA · CFDA 12.420 · Discretionary

DoD Rare Cancers, Idea Development Award

Federal grant opportunity posted by Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
October 6, 2025
Close date
14
Expected awards

The verdict

DoD Rare Cancers, Idea Development Award is a closed discretionary listing from Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA that offered Varies by applicant across 14 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
14
expected awards
12.420
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

DoD Rare Cancers, Idea Development Award is closed (last close October 6, 2025). 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 October 6, 2025

Posted May 1 Closes Oct 6

Est. Total Funding

$6,860,000

Expected Awards

14

Instrument

Grant

Description

Summary: The fiscal year 2025 (FY25) Rare Cancers Research Program (RCRP) Idea Development Award (IDA) promotes new ideas that are still in the early stages of development and have the potential to yield impactful data and new avenues of investigation.Distinctive Features:· Applications are encouraged to include an exploratory aim or sub-aim to support any necessary discovery-driven research.· Preliminary data with disease-specific rationale are required. However, these data do not necessarily need to be derived from studies of the proposed rare cancer type(s)/subtype(s) under study.· Research should have high potential impact on rare cancers and the patient community.Funding Details: (New for FY25) Funding limits are now listed as total cost limits, which is the combination of both direct and indirect costs.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HT942525RCRPIDA

Grants.gov marks DoD Rare Cancers, Idea Development 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.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.

View on Grants.gov

Agency Contact

CDMRP Help Desk Phone: 301-682-5507 Email: help@eBRAP.org

More from Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA

Closed Closed September 22, 2026

DoW Neurofibromatosis Synergistic Idea Award

View →
Closed Closed September 22, 2026

DoW Neurofibromatosis Investigator-Initiated Research Award

View →
Closed Closed September 22, 2026

DoW Neurofibromatosis Research Academy – Scholar Award

View →
Closed Closed September 22, 2026

DoW Neurofibromatosis Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award

View →
Open Closes November 18, 2026

DOW Combat Readiness – Medical Research Program Translational Research Award

View →

What to do next

DoD Rare Cancers, Idea Development Award is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Browse open federal opportunities in the same category when this listing is closed. Open opportunities
  • Look up CFDA 12.420 across all indexed listings before you commit to this opportunity alone. Eligibility finder
  • Compare award ranges across federal categories before you pick a single CFDA. All categories

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants