Melanoma, Research Program Idea Award (DOD)

• Date: 07 May 2020
• Published date: 07 May 2020
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31057

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Grants alert (cont.)

for the Forest Service Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Grants announcement to address the most signicant

environmental problems within the Great Lakes Basin.

Deadline: June 26, 2020.

Funds: $4.25 million total for up to 20 awards ranging

from $50,000 to $300,000.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprot

organizations; state, local, special district and Native

American tribal governments; and independent school

districts; among others.

Areas: USDA said funding must be used to support

competitive projects that implement strategic, priority

actions within Forest Service authorities to restore,

protect and maintain the Great Lakes ecosystem.

Successful projects will address invasive species,

nonpoint source pollution impacts on nearshore health

and habitat restoration in coastal and riparian areas.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# USDA-FS-2020-GLRI

Melanoma, Technology Development

Partnership Award (DOD)

Scope: The Defense Department’s U.S. Army Medical

Research Acquisition Activity seeks applications for the

Melanoma, Technology Development Partnership Award

(TDPA) announcement to encourage investigations

into emerging technologies to assist in the detection,

diagnosis, prognosis and, ultimately, treatment of

melanoma.

Deadline: Pre-applications, June 22, 2020; proposals,

Sept. 24, 2020.

Funds: Approximately $2.24 million total for

approximately two Technology Development Partnership

Award applications.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

Areas: DOD said the intent of the TDPA is to foster

collaboration between biomedical sciences and physical

sciences (e.g., bioengineering, computational science,

imaging science and bioinformatics) and spur progress

in the development of computational approaches,

bioinformatics, devices or knowledge-based products

or outcomes. DOD denes a “Knowledge Product” as

a nonmateriel product that addresses an identied

need in a melanoma; is based on current evidence

and research; aims to transition into medical practice,

training or tools, or to support materiel solutions

(systems to develop, acquire, provide and sustain

medical solutions and capabilities); and educates or

impacts behavior throughout the continuum of care,

including primary prevention of negative outcomes.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# W81XWH-20-MRP-TDPA

Melanoma, Team Science Award (DOD)

Scope: The Defense Department’s U.S. Army Medical

Research Acquisition Activity seeks applications for

the Melanoma, Team Science Award announcement

to advance studies in melanoma through a

multidisciplinary team, bringing together disciplines to

foster a novel approach to melanoma research.

Deadline: Pre-applications, June 22, 2020; proposals,

Sept. 24, 2020.

Funds: Approximately $2.24 million total for

approximately two Melanoma Research Program (MRP)

Team Science Award applications.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

Areas: DOD said to be considered for funding,

applications for the FY20 MRP Team Science Award

must address at least one of the focus areas: prevention

of melanoma initiation factors (e.g., UV radiation);

prevention of melanomagenesis and precursor

lesions (e.g., novel genetic and epigenetic drivers,

oncogene-induced senescence); understanding the

tumor microenvironment, such as primary tumor,

regional nodes and distal nodes; bioengineering

(e.g., computational, imaging) approaches to address

diagnostics, high-risk markers, dormancy and

metastasis; therapeutic prevention (e.g., interruption of

disease progression, recurrence); and minimal residual

disease (e.g., chemoprevention, micro-metastasis).

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# W81XWH-20-MRP-TSA

Melanoma, Research Program Idea Award (DOD)

Scope: The Defense Department’s U.S. Army Medical

Research Acquisition Activity seeks applications

for the Melanoma, Research Program Idea Award

announcement to support innovative, untested,

high-risk/potentially high-reward concepts, theories,

paradigms and/or methods in melanoma research.

Deadline: Pre-applications, June 22, 2020; proposals,

Sept. 24, 2020.

Funds: Approximately $4.32 million total for

approximately nine Idea Award applications.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

Areas: DOD said the purpose of the Idea Award is

to generate novel research avenues for investigation.

The proposed research project should include a

well-formulated, testable novel hypothesis based on

strong scientic rationale and study design and is not

intended to support a logical progression of an already

established research project. A key characteristic of this

funding opportunity is innovation, such as innovative

research that may introduce a new paradigm, challenge

existing paradigms, look at existing problems from new

perspectives or exhibit other highly creative qualities.

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