DoD announces FY20 anticipated funding opportunities

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The FY20 Defense Appropriations Act provides funding to the Department of Defense Pancreatic Cancer Research Program to support pancreatic cancer research.

The funding is directed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, the Defense Health Agency J9, Research and Development Directorate manages the Defense Health Program Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation appropriation. The managing agent for the anticipated Program Announcements/Funding Opportunities is the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command.

The PCARP is providing the information in this pre-announcement to allow investigators time to plan and develop ideas for submission to the anticipated FY20 funding opportunity. This pre-announcement should not be construed as an obligation by the government. The FY20 PCARP Program Announcements and General Application Instructions for the following award mechanisms will be posted on the Grants.gov website. Pre-application and application deadlines will be available when the Program Announcements are released.

For more information, visit http://cdmrp.army.mil/.

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