Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA CA 17 010
The Innovative Molecular and Cellular Analysis Technologies for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research (R21) funding opportunity (RFA-CA-17-010) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) discretionary grant program designed to support exploratory, early-stage projects that create or significantly advance cutting-edge technologies for cancer research. The central goal is to stimulate highly innovative tool and technology development that enables new ways to analyze cancer at the molecular and cellular levels, with an emphasis on breakthroughs in capability rather than incremental improvements to existing methods. This opportunity is intended for projects that are still in the exploratory phase, where the proposed approach is novel, technically bold, and positioned to open up new research possibilities once the technology is proven and refined.
The FOA focuses on developing technologies that can target, probe, measure, or otherwise assess molecular and cellular features that matter in cancer biology. In practical terms, applicants are expected to propose new or substantially improved platforms, assays, instruments, workflows, or analytical approaches that make it possible to characterize tumors, cancer cells, or the cancer microenvironment in ways that are not currently feasible or that dramatically improve sensitivity, specificity, resolution, throughput, or interpretability. While the technology may be broadly useful across biomedical research, the application must clearly anchor the development effort in improving molecular and/or cellular characterization specifically for cancer-related questions.
A key expectation is that successful projects will have strong potential to accelerate or enhance multiple areas of cancer research and cancer control, including basic cancer biology, early detection and screening, clinical diagnosis, treatment and therapeutic decision-making, cancer control and prevention, epidemiology, and work that addresses cancer health disparities. In other words, the technology should plausibly move the field forward by enabling better measurement and understanding of cancer processes, improving detection or diagnostic strategies, sharpening clinical profiling, or helping researchers study population-level or disparity-related factors more effectively through improved molecular and cellular data.
The award uses the NIH R21 mechanism, which is commonly associated with high-risk, high-reward exploratory research and development. The source data lists an award ceiling of $200,000, indicating the maximum budget level for an individual award under this announcement. The original closing date shown is September 26, 2017, and the FOA creation date is November 7, 2016. The program is associated with CFDA number 93.394 and is categorized under Education and Health in the funding activity category.
Eligibility is broad and includes many types of U.S. and non-U.S. organizations. Eligible applicants listed include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education institutions); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. The FOA also explicitly highlights additional eligible applicant categories such as Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American, Native American, and Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs); Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs); Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (other than federally recognized); eligible federal agencies; faith-based or community-based organizations; regional organizations; non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities (foreign organizations); and U.S. territories or possessions. This wide eligibility is consistent with the FOA's goal of catalyzing technology innovation wherever strong technical capability and cancer relevance exist.
Overall, this opportunity is best suited for teams proposing genuinely novel molecular or cellular analysis technologies that, once demonstrated, could become enabling tools for many researchers and clinicians working on cancer. The proposal focus should stay on the technological innovation and the new analysis capability it creates, while also making a clear case for how that capability will improve cancer research or clinical investigation and, ideally, how it could contribute to better detection, diagnosis, treatment strategies, understanding of cancer mechanisms, or reduction of disparities through improved measurement and characterization.Apply for RFA CA 17 010
- The National Institutes of Health in the education, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Innovative Molecular and Cellular Analysis Technologies for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research (R21)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.394.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2016-11-07.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-09-26. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $200,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.
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