Closed on Oct 5, 2026

DoW Peer Reviewed Cancer, Idea Award

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · Opportunity number HT942526PRCRPIA

Details summarized from the official notice as of Oct 6, 2026. Always confirm eligibility, deadlines and requirements in the official notice before applying.

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Key facts

Opportunity number	HT942526PRCRPIA
Agency	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA Department of Defense
Assistance listing (ALN, formerly CFDA)	12.420
Posted	May 6, 2026
Deadline	Oct 5, 2026
Expected number of awards	30
Estimated total program funding	$18,000,000
Cost sharing or matching required	No
Funding type	Grant
Category	Science technology and other research and development
Last updated here	Oct 6, 2026

Summary from the notice

Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) Idea Award (IA) supports innovative, untested, high-risk/potentially high-reward concepts, theories, paradigms, and/or basic cancer research. The advancement of knowledge in cancer research, patient care, and/or treatment options in the Military Health System (MHS) is critical to Service Members, Veterans, other military beneficiaries and the American public.

Distinctive Features: The proposed project should demonstrate creative thinking and innovation.

• Incremental advances, the next logical step, or switching a model system from one cancer to another cancer are not appropriate for this award.

• Inclusion of preliminary data is not required; however, the project must be based on strong scientific rationale.

• New for FY26: Early Career Investigator Option: The Early Career Investigator option is designed to support the continued development of promising independent investigators that are early in their faculty appointments.

Who can apply

The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible:

Unrestricted (open to any type of entity, check the notice)

Registrations you will likely need

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SAM.gov registration for your organization, which also gives you a Unique Entity ID (UEI). Registration is free.
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A Grants.gov applicant registration linked to your organization's UEI.

Past awards for this program

Totals for assistance listing 12.420 from public USASpending.gov data, as of Sep 27, 2026. Past awards do not predict future funding.

Year	Listing	Awards	Total	Average
2026	12.420	3	$933,997,648	$311,332,549
2025	12.420	4	$1,008,529,528	$252,132,382
2024	12.420	5	$3,274,258,894	$654,851,779

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DoW Peer Reviewed Cancer, Idea Award

Key facts

Summary from the notice

Who can apply

Registrations you will likely need

Past awards for this program

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