Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA CA 20 044
Visualization Methods and Tools Development for Enhancing Cancer Moonshot Data (R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) is a National Cancer Institute (NCI) funding opportunity under the NIH that supports the creation of new, full-featured cancer data visualization methods and software tools. It sits within the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot Initiative and aligns with the Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel (BRP) Recommendation J, which emphasizes building new enabling cancer technologies. The central idea is to help the broader cancer research community explore, understand, and interpret complex data sets that are emerging from, or closely aligned with, Cancer Moonshot research areas. Rather than focusing on generating new clinical evidence through trials, this opportunity is focused on building practical visualization capabilities that make existing and Moonshot-relevant data more usable, interpretable, and insight-generating for a wide range of researchers.
The FOA is designed to stimulate development work that results in robust tools aimed at investigator-specified, Moonshot-aligned use cases. In other words, applicants are expected to define a clear cancer research scenario and build visualization methods or platforms that directly address real needs in that scenario, with an emphasis on enabling broader reuse. The outcome NCI is looking for is not just a prototype sketch, but a more complete toolset that a larger community can use to interrogate data, discover patterns, and communicate findings more effectively. The emphasis on “explorable and interpretable” signals that interactive, user-centered visualization, thoughtful design for different user skill levels, and clear support for making sense of high-dimensional or multi-modal cancer data are central to the program’s intent.
The mechanism is an R33 grant, and clinical trials are not allowed under this announcement. This generally means the proposed project should not involve prospective assignment of human participants to interventions to evaluate health-related outcomes. Instead, the work should stay in the lane of technology development, data integration and visualization, and related computational or informatics advances that can accelerate research by improving how researchers interact with Cancer Moonshot-relevant data resources.
A wide range of applicant organizations are eligible. Eligible applicants include state, county, city/township, and 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 that are not federally recognized; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3), excluding higher education institutions in those categories); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. The announcement also highlights additional eligible groups such as Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), faith-based or community-based organizations, regional organizations, eligible federal agencies, and U.S. territories or possessions. These eligibility statements reflect an intent to encourage broad participation across sectors, including institutions that serve historically underrepresented communities.
On the foreign eligibility side, the FOA draws an important boundary: non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities (foreign institutions) are not eligible to apply as applicant organizations. However, non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are eligible, and foreign components (as defined by NIH policy) are allowed. Practically, that means a U.S.-based applicant can include certain international collaborators or activities when structured as allowable foreign components, but a purely foreign institution cannot be the primary applicant.
From the administrative details provided, this opportunity is identified as RFA-CA-20-044 and falls under the discretionary grant category. It is associated with CFDA numbers 93.394 and 93.396. The original closing date listed is October 30, 2020, and the record creation date is August 20, 2020. The listed award ceiling is $250,000, which signals an emphasis on targeted development work with clear deliverables and practical impact. While the expected number of awards is not specified in the provided text, the intent is clearly to fund a set of projects that collectively expand the ecosystem of visualization approaches and tools available for Cancer Moonshot-aligned data.
Overall, this FOA is best understood as a technology-enablement grant: it aims to fund teams that can design and implement visualization methods and software that lower barriers to understanding complex cancer data, help researchers ask better questions of Moonshot-relevant data resources, and accelerate discovery by making data easier to explore, interpret, and share across the cancer research community.Apply for RFA CA 20 044
- The National Institutes of Health in the education, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Visualization Methods and Tools Development for Enhancing Cancer Moonshot Data (R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.394, 93.396.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2020-08-20.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2020-10-30. (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 $250,000.00 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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