Open · HT942526RCRPIDA · CFDA 12.420 · Discretionary

DoW Rare Cancers Idea Development Award

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

Varies
Award range
Open
Status
25d
Days left
15
Expected awards

The verdict

DoW Rare Cancers Idea Development Award is an open discretionary opportunity from Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA, offering Varies by applicant across 15 expected awards. Applications close in 25 days. PlainGrants indexes 1,795 other opportunities from Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA.

Varies
award range
Open
25 days left
15
expected awards
12.420
CFDA program

Open desk with published close date

DoW Rare Cancers Idea Development Award remains open until November 18, 2026 (25 days out). Award range Varies by applicant without a cost-share requirement.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

25 days left to apply

Posted Jun 17 → closes Nov 18, 2026

Posted Jun 17 Closes Nov 18

Est. Total Funding

$7,350,000

Expected Awards

15

Instrument

Grant

Description

Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Rare Cancers Research Program (RCRP) Idea Development Award (IDA) promotes ideas that are ready for further development and have the potential to yield high-impact findings and new avenues of investigation.Distinctive Features:The RCRP encourages applicants 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 originate 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.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HT942526RCRPIDA

Grants.gov marks DoW 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.

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Agency Contact

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What to do next

DoW Rare Cancers Idea Development Award is open with Varies by applicant awards and 25 days left on the clock.

  • Submit through Grants.gov (HT942526RCRPIDA) - verify SAM.gov registration and the current NOFO before drafting. Official listing
  • Look up CFDA 12.420 across all indexed listings before you commit to this opportunity alone. Eligibility finder
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