DOD Ovarian Cancer Consortium Development Award

The OCRP Consortium Development Award mechanism was first offered in FY08, and two awards were recommended for funding.The OCRP seeks to promote a major multi-institutional research effort conducted by leading ovarian cancer researchers that specifically focuses on identifying and characterizing early changes of disease associated with ovarian cancer. This effort will be executed through two separate award mechanisms, the Consortium Development Award in FY08 and FY09, and the Consortium Award in FY10. Proposals for the first award, the Consortium Development Award, are being requested in this program announcement. The Consortium Development Award is an infrastructure development mechanism which provides support to create a Coordinating Center and establish the necessary collaborations at potential Research Sites for the development of a multi-institutional ovarian cancer research team. Participants in this consortium should be scientists and/or clinicians who have made significant contributions to the field of ovarian cancer or who have specific expertise related to the early changes associated with ovarian cancer progression. Infrastructure development includes (but is not limited to): building appropriate collaborations, outlining an administrative management plan, developing a research and communication plan, and devising an intellectual property plan. The FY09 Consortium Development Award does not provide funding for research costs. However, recipients of both the FY09 and FY08 OCRP Consortium Development Award are expected to submit proposals to compete for the Consortium Award which will be offered in FY10 to support the research efforts. The OCRP expects to fund two FY09 Consortium Development awards, depending on the number and the quality of proposals received. If this goal is met, the OCRP expects only the two FY09 and two FY08 Consortium Development award recipients will compete for the FY10 Consortium Award. If this goal is not met, the OCRP then reserves the right to open the FY10 Consortium Award to all applicants meeting the eligibility requirements.