A -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001, FY01 BCRP PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT II

Notice Date

March 21, 2001

Contracting Office

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

ZIP Code

21702-5014

Solicitation Number

CBD-BCRP-0321

Point of Contact

Kathryn M. Dunn, Contracting Officer, 301-619-7354, e-mail: kathy.dunn@amedd.army.mil

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). FY01 BCRP Program Announcement II was released on March 19, 2001, with proposal receipt in June 21, 2001. This announcement calls for proposals in the following mechanisms: Idea Awards Clinical Bridge Awards Predoctoral Traineeship Awards Postdoctoral Traineeship Awards Career Development Awards Undergraduate Summer Training Program Awards Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions Partnership Training Awards Innovator Awards (New this year) The Innovator award is offered to attract scholars from any field with an outstanding record of accomplishment to encourage creative and visionary breast cancer research. Detailed descriptions of each of these mechanisms, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the FY01 BCRP Program Announcement II, which can be downloaded from the CDMRP web site (http://cdmrp.army.mil). For more information about the BCRP, BCRP awardees, and other CDMRP-sponsored programs and events, please visit the CDMRP web site at http://cdmrp.army.mil.

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