A -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001

Notice Date

February 21, 2001

Contracting Office

Director, USAMRAA, 820 Chandler St, Fort Detrick, MD 21702-5014

ZIP Code

21702-5014

Solicitation Number

CBD-BCRP-0220

Point of Contact

Kathryn M. Dunn, Contracting Officer, 301-619-7354

Description

The Fiscal Year 2001 (FY01) Defense Appropriations Act provides $175M to the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) to support innovative research directed toward the eradication of breast cancer. This program is administered by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command through the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). FOR THE FY01 BCRP, TWO PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE RELEASED. FY01 BCRP Program Announcement I released February 16, 2001 offers funding for: Clinical Translational Research (CTR) Awards Collaborative-CTR Awards Breast Cancer Center of Excellence Awards Both CTR and Collaborative-CTR Awards require a pre-proposal submission, which is due by March 14, 2001. New this year: Breast Cancer Center of Excellence Awards These awards are intended to support the establishment of multi-institutional collaborations among highly accomplished scientists from diverse backgrounds to focus on a major scientific problem in breast cancer. Proposal receipt deadline for this mechanism is June 27, 2001. FY01 BCRP Program Announcement II is anticipated to be released on or about March 14, 2001, with proposal receipt in June 2001. This announcement will call for proposals in the following mechanisms: Idea Awards Clinical Bridge Awards Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Traineeship Awards Career Development Awards Undergraduate Summer Training Program Awards Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions Partnership Training Awards New this year: An award will be offered to attract outstanding individuals from diverse fields to explore new avenues in breast cancer research. Detailed descriptions of each of these mechanisms, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the FY01 BCRP Program Announcements, which can be downloaded from the CDMRP web site (http://cdmrp.army.mil) upon their release. For more information about the BCRP, BCRP awardees, previous BCRP Program Announcements (http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/archive.htm), and other CDMRP-sponsored programs and events, please visit the CDMRP web site at http://cdmrp.army.mil.

Record

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