Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · United States

DoW Rare Cancers Idea Development Award

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Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA expects to make 15 awards, from a total budget of $7.35 million. Applications close on 18 Nov 2026. Eligible applicant types include unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility".

Deadline: 18 Nov 2026 (in 3 days)
Grant amount: ≈ $490,000 per award (estimate: total ÷ 15 awards)
Total budget: $7.35 million
Funding rate: No mandatory cost sharing stated; funding percentage not stated
Total budget: $7.35 million
Expected awards: 15
Cost sharing: Not required
Likely applicant types: Companies, SMEs / start-ups, Non-profits, Universities & research, Public bodies, Individuals From source categories or programme rules; the call decides.
Funder: Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA
Reference: HT942526RCRPIDA
Assistance listing: 12.420 Military Medical Research and Development
Last checked: 13 Nov 2026

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About this call

Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Rare Cancers Research Program (RCRP) Idea Development Award (IDA) promotes ideas that are ready for further development and have the potential to yield high-impact findings and new avenues of investigation.

Distinctive Features:

• The RCRP encourages applicants to include an exploratory aim or sub-aim to support any necessary discovery-driven research.

• Preliminary data with disease-specific rationale are required. However, these data do not necessarily need to originate from studies of the proposed rare cancer type(s)/subtype(s) under study.

• Research should have high potential impact on rare cancers and the patient community.

Who can apply

Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

Applicant categories are a starting point. The official call decides eligibility.

Topics

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

How to apply

Read the full notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) linked from the official page: eligibility, cost sharing and evaluation criteria.
Make sure your organisation has an active SAM.gov registration and Unique Entity ID (UEI); registration can take several weeks.
Register with Grants.gov and set up a Workspace for this opportunity, with the right roles for your organisation.
Prepare the required forms, narrative, budget and attachments exactly as the NOFO specifies.
Submit before the deadline and keep the tracking number. Check for amendments before you submit.

From the call text

Who can apply: Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page
Company stage: Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page
Single applicant or consortium: Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page
Where applicants must be based: Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page
Where to apply: Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page

Contact

JoAnn Martin · help@eBRAP.org · 301-619-2594

Where these facts come from

Fact	Value	How we know	Taken from the source
Deadline	18 November 2026	official data field	15 Nov 2026
Amount per applicant	Unknown — not stated in the source we hold	unknown	—
Total budget	$7.35 million	official data field	15 Nov 2026
Funding rate	No mandatory cost sharing stated; funding percentage not stated	read from the official text	15 Nov 2026
Who can apply	Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"	official data field	15 Nov 2026
Where to apply	Unknown — not stated in the source we hold	unknown	—

Official sources

Official call page

Facts on this page come from the official source and were last checked 13 Nov 2026. The funder's own documents, including later amendments, always take precedence.