DOD Medical Research Funding
APPLY FOR 2022 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
PEER REVIEWED CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM GRANTS

HELPFUL SUBMISSION TIPS & INSIGHTS
Rally and the Children’s Oncology Group co-hosted a webinar with Dr. Donna Kimbark, PRCRP Program Manager. Dr. Kimbark provided expert insights and best practices for completing and submitting your DoD funding application. You can access the webinar video recording and presentation slides below.
More than $50 million in 2021 Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Awards were announced in March 2022 for Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers and related disease topic areas, as outlined below.
Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adults Cancers |
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Principal Investigator |
Research Institution |
Grant Mechanism |
Elena Ladas |
Columbia University Medical Center |
Behavioral Health Science Award |
Anya Levinson |
University of California, San Francisco |
Career Development Award – Fellow Option |
Estibaliz Lopez Rodrigo |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
Career Development Award – Fellow Option |
Arash Alizadeh |
Stanford University |
Translational Team Science Award |
Steve Cho |
University of Wisconsin at Madison |
Translational Team Science Award |
Sharon Castellino |
Emory University |
Translational Team Science Award |
Karen Pollok |
Indiana University Bloomington |
Impact Award |
Paul Nathan |
Hospital for Sick Children |
Impact Award |
Arun Wiita |
University of California, San Francisco |
Impact Award |
Rani George |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
Impact Award |
Neuroblastoma |
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Principal Investigator |
Research Institution |
Grant Mechanism |
Kai Tan |
Children’s Hospital, Philadelphia |
Translational Team Science Award |
Steven DuBois |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
Translational Team Science Award |
Trevor Pugh |
University Health Network, Toronto |
Translational Team Science Award |
Adam Wolpaw |
Children’s Hospital, Philadelphia |
Career Development Award – Fellow Option |
Robbie Majzner |
Stanford University |
Impact Award |
Pediatric Brain Tumors |
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Principal Investigator |
Research Institution |
Grant Mechanism |
John Kalapurakal |
Northwestern University |
Idea Award |
Rajeev Vibhakar |
University of Colorado, Denver |
Impact Award |
John Letterio |
Case Western Reserve University |
Idea Award |
Colorectal Cancers |
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Principal Investigator |
Research Institution |
Grant Mechanism |
Adam Snook |
Thomas Jefferson University |
Translational Team Science Award |
Babar Bashir |
Thomas Jefferson University |
Translational Team Science Award |
Jessica Petrick |
Boston University Medical Campus |
Career Development Award – Fellow Option |
Kipp Weiskopf |
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research |
Career Development Award – Fellow Option |
Carla Rothlin |
Yale University |
Idea Award |
Jorge Gomez-Gutierrez |
University of Missouri, Columbia |
Idea Award |
Germ Cell Cancers |
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Principal Investigator |
Research Institution |
Grant Mechanism |
Divyanshu Dubey |
Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester |
Idea Award |
Joanna Gell |
Jackson Laboratory |
Career Development Award – Fellow Option |
Lucia Nappi |
University of British Columbia |
Career Development Award – Fellow Option |
Jenny Poynter |
University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
Behavioral Health Science Award |
Lymphoma |
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Principal Investigator |
Research Institution |
Grant Mechanism |
Robert Hayashi |
Washington University in St. Louis |
Translational Team Science Award |
Pamela Woodard |
Washington University in St. Louis |
Translational Team Science Award |
Kenneth Walsh |
University of Virginia |
Translational Team Science Award |
Javeed Iqbal |
University of Nebraska Medical Center |
Translational Team Science Award |
Wing-Chung Chan |
City of Hope Beckman Research Institute |
Translational Team Science Award |
Samantha Kendrick |
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
Idea Award |
Sarcoma |
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Principal Investigator |
Research Institution |
Grant Mechanism |
Everett Moding |
Stanford University |
Career Development Award – Fellow Option |
Raphael Pollock |
Ohio State University |
Translational Team Science Award |
Shaurya Prakash |
Ohio State University |
Translational Team Science Award |
Kristin Gilchrist |
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences |
Translational Team Science Award |
Nicolas Llosa |
Johns Hopkins University |
Impact Award |
David Kirsch |
Duke University |
Idea Award |
Thyroid Cancer |
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Principal Investigator |
Research Institution |
Grant Mechanism |
Theodore Laetsch |
Children’s Hospital, Philadelphia |
Translational Team Science Award |
Aime Franco |
Children’s Hospital, Philadelphia |
Translational Team Science Award |
Matthew Ringel |
Ohio State University |
Impact Award |
Rally’s National Advocacy Has Resulted In $63 Million for Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers
HISTORICAL DOD PEER-REVIEWED CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM
(PRCRP) FY21-FY17
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YEAR | PRCRP BUDGET | ELIGIBLE TOPIC AREAS (CANCERS) |
PEDIATRIC, ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT CANCERS AND RELATED TOPIC AREAS* AWARDS / RANGE |
PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMORS AWARDS / RANGE |
NEUROBLASTOMA AWARDS / RANGE |
COLORECTAL AWARDS / RANGE |
2021** | $115 Million | 20 |
$37.25 Million 29 Awards |
$3.4 Million 3 Awards |
$6.9 Million 5 Awards |
$6.65 Million 6 Awards |
2020 | $110 Million | 14 |
$10.8 Million 10 Awards: $1.6M – $616k |
$6.05 Million 5 Awards: $2.4M – $700k |
$4.8 Million 3 Awards: $1.6M – $1.4M |
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2019 | $90 Million | 15 |
$8.3 Million 11 Awards: $2.4M – $230k |
$3.4 Million 5 Awards: $1.6M – $242k |
$4.9 Million 7 Awards: $2.6M – $150k |
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2018 | $80 Million | 17 |
$6.5 Million 11 Awards: $1.5M – $155k |
$2.5 Million 3 Awards: $1.6M – $197k |
$1.7 Million 4 Awards: $640k – $240k |
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2017 | $60 Million | 14 |
$3.1 Million 7 Awards: $732k – $448k |
$4.7 Million 8 Awards: $655k – $530k |
$2.4 Million 3 Awards: $840k – $710k |
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*In 2021, related topic areas were available, including blood cancers, germ cell cancers, lymphoma, sarcomas and thyroid cancers. **The award of federal funds to support any of these applications is contingent upon successful negotiations and applicable federal policy. |