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SUMMARY:[ U.S. CDMRP - Breast Cancer Innovator Award | Research Funding ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200312
DTSTAMP:20260916T225837Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:Aim: Through the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Pro
 gram (CDMRP)\, the Department of Defense is announcing the Breast Cancer I
 nnovator Awards. These awards support visionary individuals who have demon
 strated exceptional creativity\, innovative work\, and paradigm-shifting l
 eadership in any field including\, but not limited to\, breast cancer. The
  Innovator Award will provide these individuals with the funding and freed
 om to pursue their most novel\, visionary\, high-risk ideas that could acc
 elerate progress to ending breast cancer. Experience in breast cancer rese
 arch is not required.\n\nConsidering the current breast cancer landscape a
 nd the BCRP’s mission\, all FY20 BCRP Innovator Award applications must 
 address at least one of the overarching challenges for FY20\, which are li
 sted at the end of this announcement.\n\nFunding:        max. $7’0
 00’000\n\nDuration:      4 years\n\nEligibility: Applicants from int
 ernational organizations or institutions are eligible to apply\, and there
  are no citizenship restrictions. Applicants must be at or above the level
  of Associate Professor.\n\nHow to Apply: Pre-applications are submitted t
 hrough the eBRAP platform. They should contain contact information\, a pre
 proposal narrative\, supporting documentation\, and a list of collaborator
 s and key personnel as suggested on the platform. Full applications (by in
 vitation) will be made via a Grants.gov workspace. Full application packag
 es can be downloaded from Grants.gov at any time.\n\nPre-Application Deadl
 ine: 13-Mar-2020\, 5:00 p.m. EST\nFull Application Deadline: 24-Jun-2020\,
  11:59 p.m. EST\n\nGrants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: W81XWH-20-BCRP-I
 NNOV\n\nFurther information\n\n	To see the program announcement\, navigate
  to the search page on Grants.gov and search for the Opportunity Number W8
 1XWH-20-BCRP-INNOV\n	For questions about the eBRAP or Grants.gov platforms
 \, contact the Research Office.\n\n\nFY20 Overarching Challenges\n\n\n	Pre
 vent breast cancer (primary prevention)\n	Identify determinants of breast 
 cancer initiation\, risk\, or susceptibility\n	Distinguish deadly from non
 -deadly breast cancers\n	Conquer the problems of overdiagnosis and overtre
 atment\n	Identify what drives breast cancer growth\; determine how to stop
  it\n	Identify why some breast cancers become metastatic\n	Determine why/h
 ow breast cancer cells lie dormant for years and then re-emerge\; determin
 e how to prevent lethal recurrence\n	Revolutionize treatment regimens by r
 eplacing them with ones that are more effective\, less toxic\, and impact 
 survival\n	Eliminate the mortality associated with metastatic breast cance
 r\n
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