# Prostate Cancer Research Program (CDMRP)

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## TL;DR

The US defense department's prostate cancer research fund, running since 1997. Congress has given it about 2.4 billion dollars, it has made nearly 4,000 awards, and it puts weight on quality of life, new treatments for lethal disease and the higher rates seen in African American men.

## Summary

The programme's stated vision is to "conquer prostate cancer" and its mission to fund research that will eliminate death and suffering from prostate cancer and improve the well-being of service members, their families, veterans and all patients and caregivers affected. Since 1997 it has sought highly innovative research, high-impact research with near-term clinical relevance, mentored training for the next generation of prostate cancer investigators, and resources for translational research. Its current Overarching Challenges are to improve quality of life, develop new or better treatments for men with lethal prostate cancer, reduce disparities among high-risk groups, and define the biology of progression to lethal disease. The page notes that incidence, morbidity and mortality vary markedly by race and ethnicity, with African American men experiencing the highest rates in the US.

The page lists congressional appropriations of $2.445 billion for FY97 to FY25 and $75 million for FY26, and 3,947 awards made in FY97 to FY24.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: PCRP; DoD Prostate Cancer Research Program
- Tags: research-funding
- City: Fort Detrick, MD, US
- Type: government
- Website: https://cdmrp.health.mil/pcrp/default

## Notes

- Appropriation totals, award counts and the fiscal-year ranges are the programme page's own figures, read on 4 November 2026; the ranges differ between programmes because each page states its own (some run to FY24, some to FY25), and they are reproduced as given rather than summed or extended.

## Sources

- Prostate Cancer Research Program: https://cdmrp.health.mil/pcrp/default

## Connected records

- cancers: [Prostate cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/)
- institutions: [Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)](https://onco.cc/institutions/cdmrp/)
- bottlenecks: [Toxicity and quality of life are undervalued](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-toxicity-qol/), [Trials do not represent the people who get cancer](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-trial-diversity/)

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