Project Grant HT9425261E365
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center received a $414,472 Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award supports research targeting neuronal mimicry in SMARCB1-deficient renal medullary carcinoma treatment. This three-year initiative represents DHA's investment in precision oncology research addressing...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center received a $559,968 Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028. The award funds research focused on targeting ALCAM/CD6 signaling to overcome Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) resistance in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. This research addresses an important clinical challenge...
- The Department of the Army Medical Command, through the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) federal grant program, awarded a $161,997.00 Project Grant to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The grant supports "CHARACTERIZING METABOLIC VULNERABILITIES IN PENILE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA BASED ON HPV STATUS" research. This advanced cancer research project aims to investigate novel approaches to preventing, diagnosing, and treating penile squamous cell...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center received a $5.47M Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029. The award funds research aimed at targeting ganglioside GD2 to overcome chemotherapy resistance in triple-negative breast cancer. This research initiative represents translational and clinical investigation...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center received a $489,767 Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award supports research titled "Building T-Cell Products in NF1-Associated MPNST Through Antigen Discovery and Epigenome Targeting," which addresses the development of therapeutic T-cell immunotherapy...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center received a $817,496 project grant from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award funds research to investigate the PRMT3-IGF2BP1 axis-mediated epitranscriptomic reprogramming as a novel therapeutic strategy to overcome immunotherapy resistance in clear cell renal cell carcinoma...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center received a $735,751 project grant from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award supports research and development activities focused on combining TROP2-directed chimeric antigen receptor natural killer (CAR-NK) cells with HIF2A (hypoxia-inducible factor 2-alpha) inhibition as an...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center received a $1,431,215 project grant from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) awarded October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2028. The award funds research focused on building T-cell products for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)-associated malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) through antigen discovery and...
- This Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency, under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), provides $1,444,922.00 to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MD Anderson) to conduct research on a novel epigenetic determinant in metastatic prostate cancer. The award period is from September 15, 2024 to September 14, 2027. MD Anderson, a comprehensive cancer research and treatment center, will utilize this funding to carry out basic,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center received a $1.35 million Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) for the three-year period from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award funds research focused on building T-cell products for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)-associated malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) through antigen discovery and...
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center received a $139,996 Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) effective August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2028. The award funds research and development of peptide-drug conjugates for the treatment of penile cancer, a rare malignancy area aligned with the DHA's mission to support investigator-initiated biomedical research addressing conditions affecting the military population and advancing innovative medical solutions. As a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and established prime recipient on federal research awards, MD Anderson will leverage its translational oncology and drug development capabilities to conduct the preclinical and clinical research necessary to advance therapeutic approaches for penile cancer treatment. This award represents one component of MD Anderson's broader Defense Health Agency portfolio, which includes multiple project grants spanning CAR-NK and CAR-T cell engineering, precision oncology, and disease-specific research initiatives totaling approximately $490 thousand to $1.4 million per project.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $140.0k | 7/6/26 |