DoW Prostate Cancer, Physician Research Award

HT942526PCRPPRA · Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA

biomedical clinical public health Science & Technology R&D

Closes: 2026-09-02 · 57 d
Award ceiling: —
Award floor: —
Program funding: $8,800,000
Expected awards: 8
Cost sharing: No
Posted: 2026-05-21
Instrument: Grant

Characterization · gpt-5.4-mini · 2026-07-07

Funds mentored prostate cancer research projects for early-career physician investigators with clinical duties, tied to one of the FY26 PCRP overarching challenges.

Funds: basic research
University: direct
social behavioral: minor
engineering: minor
life biomedical: central
computational data: minor

⚑ Principal Investigator must be an early-career clinician investigator with clinical duties · Requires at least one mentor with prostate cancer research and mentoring experience · Requires a researcher development plan · Must address one FY26 PCRP overarching challenge

Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules

IPPRA	58 good	portfolio topic: public_health; social/behavioral work is minor; funds basic research; clinical-trial/biomedical core — IPPRA angle is policy/community (capped)
Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo)	55 good	technical depth: minor; funds basic research
Tom Love Innovation Hub	15 none	deep-tech content; no commercialization signal

Description

Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) Physician Research Award (PRA) Supports a mentored research experience to prepare physicians with clinical duties for careers in prostate cancer research. All applications must address one of the FY26 PCRP Overarching Challenges .

Distinctive Features:

· Early-Career Clinician Investigator: Serves as the Principal Investigator (PI). Includes investigators with clinical duties in the last year of an accredited medical residency or medical fellowship program, or within five years of initiating a faculty appointment.

· Mentorship: Applications must include at least one mentor who demonstrates experience in prostate cancer research and successful mentorship.

· Researcher Development Plan: Applications must include a research development plan articulating an individualized strategy for acquiring necessary skills, competence and expertise to complete the projects and foster the PI’s career development.

https://cdmrp.health.mil/pubs/press/2026/pcrppreann

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