Project Grant HT9425261E008
- Federal Grant Award Summary Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (DFCI) received a $1.424 million Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), awarded August 1, 2025, with a performance period through July 31, 2029. The award supports research to expand the targetable tumor antigen repertoire of renal cell carcinoma, positioning the work within DHA's broader portfolio of hypothesis-driven biomedical research...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (DFCI) received a $560K project grant from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to develop novel digenic combination therapies for pancreatic cancer treatment. The award, effective September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2028, supports a two-year research initiative focused on advancing therapeutic development and translational research in oncology. As a leading...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (DFCI) received a $1.1M project grant from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) awarded June 1, 2026, with a completion date of May 31, 2030. The project titled "LISTEN: Augmenting and Facilitating Communication in Brain Tumor Patients with Aphasia" addresses communication challenges in cancer patients experiencing language impairment due to brain...
- The U.S. Defense Health Agency has awarded a $712,000 Project Grant through the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (doing business as Dfci) in Boston, MA. The 2-year grant, with a period of performance from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026, will support a longitudinal study to identify mechanisms of treatment resistance in rhabdomyosarcoma through circulating tumor DNA analysis. As a not-for-profit hospital and cancer research...
- The Defense Health Agency has awarded a $4,954,747 Project Grant to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (doing business as Dfci) to conduct research under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant, titled "Novel Immunologic Discovery Platforms to Prevent Metastasis and Recurrence in Breast Cancer," will fund a four-year research project focused on developing new immunology-based approaches to prevent the spread and return of breast cancer. As a...
- The federal Project Grant award of $2,136,000.00 was provided by the Defense Health Agency through the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (DFCI) in Boston, Massachusetts. The grant supports research aimed at understanding and therapeutically targeting treatment-emergent neuroendocrine prostate cancer. As a leading academic medical research institution, DFCI will leverage its expertise in oncology, immunology, molecular...
- The Defense Health Agency has awarded a $657,263 project grant under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (d.b.a. DFCI) in Boston, MA. The award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027, will support DATA-DRIVEN BIOMARKER-INFORMED DECISION ANALYTICS IN MELANOMA: IMPROVING EFFICACY AND REDUCING TOXICITY OF IMMUNE CHECKPOINT BLOCKADE. Through this grant, DFCI will conduct research to develop data-driven...
- The Defense Health Agency awarded a $1,290,499.00 Project Grant to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (DFCI) under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) federal grant program. The grant, titled "ENHANCING THE ANTITUMOR ACTIVITY OF NATURAL KILLER CELLS IN OVARIAN CANCER," is focused on conducting research to develop innovative approaches to understanding, detecting, and treating ovarian cancer. DFCI, a prestigious non-profit cancer research center, will...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc., operating through its Department of Faulkner Pathology, received a $168,042 Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) effective August 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for July 31, 2026. The award supports research focused on in vivo targeting of TFE3 (Transcription Factor E3) dimerization partners in translocation renal cell carcinoma (RCC). This...
- This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $1,229,700.00 was provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program. The award is supporting research conducted by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (DFCI) in Boston, Massachusetts focused on "DISSECTION OF MOLECULAR ASSOCIATIONS OF RESPONSE TO NEOADJUVANT ANTIANDROGEN THERAPIES IN HIGH-RISK LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER." The 4-year research project aims to advance the...
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (DFCI) received a $1,099,614 project grant from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to conduct research defining a retinoblastoma (RB) functional subtype of endometrial cancer. The award, effective from June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2030, supports hypothesis-driven biomedical research aimed at advancing cancer treatment and detection through innovative medical solutions. Research activities will be conducted at DFCI's Boston, Massachusetts facility. Under this award, DFCI will deliver research and development services focused on identifying and characterizing distinct functional subtypes of endometrial cancer associated with retinoblastoma protein dysfunction. This translational oncology research supports the DHA's mission to advance healthcare solutions for military service members and the American public by investigating novel approaches to cancer biology and potential therapeutic targets. The project falls within the DHA's broader portfolio of cancer immunotherapy, precision medicine, and therapeutic development initiatives administered through the Military Medical Research and Development program's competitive peer and programmatic review process.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.1m | 3/17/26 |