Closed · HT942525MRPMALA · CFDA 12.420 · Discretionary

DoD Melanoma, Melanoma Academy Leadership Award

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

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
October 1, 2025
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

DoD Melanoma, Melanoma Academy Leadership Award is a closed discretionary listing from Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA that offered Varies by applicant across 1 expected award. 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
1
expected award
12.420
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

DoD Melanoma, Melanoma Academy Leadership Awa… is closed (last close October 1, 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 1, 2025

Posted May 14 Closes Oct 1

Est. Total Funding

$1,820,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

Summary: This funding opportunity announcement seeks to solicit a Director and Deputy Director to lead the Melanoma Research Program (MRP) Melanoma Academy. The Melanoma Academy is a unique, interactive virtual academy focused on bringing together established investigators and independent, early-career investigators (Scholars) to develop successful, highly productive melanoma researchers in a collaborative research and career development environment.Distinctive Features: This funding mechanism is a partnering mechanism, requiring an Initiating Principal Investigator (PI) who will serve as the Melanoma Academy Director and a Partnering PI who will serve as the Melanoma Academy Deputy Director.· Only the Initiating PI will submit a pre-application. Both PIs will need to submit full applications; the Partnering PI’s application is an abbreviated package. If recommended for funding, each PI will be named on separate awards to the recipient organization(s).Funding Details: The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) expects to allot approximately $2.1 million (M) to fund approximately one Melanoma Academy Leadership Award application with combined direct cost cap of $1.3M. The maximum period of performance is 4 years. It is anticipated that awards made from this fiscal year 2025 (FY25) funding opportunity will be funded with FY25 funds, which will expire for use on September 30, 2031. Awards supported with FY25 funds will be made no later than September 30, 2026.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HT942525MRPMALA

Grants.gov marks DoD Melanoma, Melanoma Academy Leadership Awa… 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: Cooperative Agreement. 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

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

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