DoD Rare Cancers Research Program funding opportunities for FY21

The FY21 RCRP program announcements and General Application Instructions for the FY21 Department of Defense Rare Cancers Research Program to support research of exceptional scientific merit in the area of rare cancers research the following award mechanisms are posted on the Grants.gov website.

More information can be found here.

A pre-application is required and must be submitted through the electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) at https://eBRAP.org prior to the pre-application deadline. All applications must conform to the final program announcements and General Application Instructions available for electronic downloading from the Grants.gov website.

The application package containing the required forms for each award mechanism will also be found on Grants.gov. A listing of all CDMRP and other USAMRDC extramural funding opportunities can be obtained on the Grants.gov website by performing a basic search using CFDA Number 12.420.

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Vol.50 No.27

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Guest Editorial Satire

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By Michael A. Friedman

Cancer History Project Guest Editorial

At Lung SPORE Workshop, experts reflect on the significance of discovery of EGFR mutations two decades ago

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By Katerina A. Politi and Roy S. Herbst

In the Archives

The early days of EGFR: Herbst, Haber, Meyerson, Pao, Sequist present at Yale SPORE workshop

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In Brief

Elizabeth Comen joins NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center

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DoD Rare Cancers Research Program funding opportunities for FY21

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Supreme Court removes “Chevron deference,” threatening drug regulation, health coverage, delivery of cancer care

Georgetown’s Zachary Baron on the post-Chevron era: We need guardrails about when agency expertise should be cast aside

A modest proposal from a former FDA commissioner: Add antidepressants to the nation’s water supply
Warning: This is not a public health recommendation. Do not implement.

At Lung SPORE Workshop, experts reflect on the significance of discovery of EGFR mutations two decades ago

The early days of EGFR: Herbst, Haber, Meyerson, Pao, Sequist present at Yale SPORE workshop

Elizabeth Comen joins NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center

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DoD Rare Cancers Research Program funding opportunities for FY21

YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN

Supreme Court removes “Chevron deference,” threatening drug regulation, health coverage, delivery of cancer care

Georgetown’s Zachary Baron on the post-Chevron era: We need guardrails about when agency expertise should be cast aside

A modest proposal from a former FDA commissioner: Add antidepressants to the nation’s water supplyWarning: This is not a public health recommendation. Do not implement.

At Lung SPORE Workshop, experts reflect on the significance of discovery of EGFR mutations two decades ago

The early days of EGFR: Herbst, Haber, Meyerson, Pao, Sequist present at Yale SPORE workshop

Elizabeth Comen joins NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center

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A modest proposal from a former FDA commissioner: Add antidepressants to the nation’s water supply
Warning: This is not a public health recommendation. Do not implement.