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Novel approaches to support therapeutic development in ultra-rare cancers

Food and Drug Administration · Department of Health and Human Services · FOR-FD-26-004

In plain English

Food and Drug Administration (Department of Health and Human Services) has announced this as a forecast: an opportunity it expects to post. It is not open for applications yet.

The agency expects to make 2 awards.

Eligible applicant types include nonprofits, small businesses, for-profit companies, state governments, local governments, tribal governments & organizations, colleges & universities, school districts and public housing authorities.

The listing says cost sharing or matching is not required.

Built only from the fields in the Grants.gov listing. Always confirm on the official listing.

Key facts

StatusForecasted: not open yet
Estimated posting dateNot stated
Estimated application due dateNot stated
Fiscal year2026
Forecast postedAug 4, 2025
Opportunity numberFOR-FD-26-004
AgencyFood and Drug Administration (Department of Health and Human Services)
Funding instrumentCooperative agreement
CategoryAgriculture, Consumer Protection, Food and Nutrition
Opportunity categoryDiscretionary
Award ceiling (max per award)Not stated
Award floor (min per award)Not stated
Estimated total program fundingNot stated
Expected number of awards2
Cost sharing or matching requiredNo
Assistance listing (CFDA/ALN)93.103 – Food and Drug Administration Research
Last updated on Grants.govJan 8, 2026

Who can apply

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  • 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 with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education)
  • Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education)
  • Private institutions of higher education
  • For-profit organizations other than small businesses
  • Small businesses

Description

Excerpt from the official forecast on Grants.gov (shortened; read the full text on the official listing):

The purpose of this program is to support new approaches that can be applied to facilitate therapeutic development in ultra-rare pediatric and adult cancers, including molecularly-defined subsets of more common cancers. Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following examples: • Development of infrastructure for a coordination network and data repository for patient-level data across institutions and internationally to support drug development and regulatory decision-making for one or more ultra-rare cancers. • Investigations to explore opportunities to develop and validate early clinical endpoints and other novel efficacy endpoints for evaluation of treatments for ultra-rare cancers. …

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