Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research Funding Opportunities

Susan G. Komen announces a call for breast cancer research proposals from early career investigators:  Now accepting Letter of Intent - Due July 14, 2016.

1. Career Catalyst Research (CCR) Grants ·  Eligibility: Applications are open to junior faculty members working at academic institutions who have no more than 5 years of experience within their faculty appointment ·  Funding Level: Up to $300,000 over 2 years or $450,000 over 3 years. ·  Training Requirements: Applicants/PIs must propose a mentor committee whose purpose is to provide the research, scientific, clinical, management, and leadership guidance necessary to foster the Applicant/PI’s career advancement. At least one mentor must be at the same institution as the PI and serve as the onsite representative for the entire mentor committee. ·  Grant Intent: CCR Grants provide unique opportunities for scientists who have held faculty positions for no more than 5 years at the time of Application to achieve research independence. CCR grants provide support for hypothesis-driven research projects that have significant potential to advance our understanding of breast cancer, lead to reductions in breast cancer incidence and/or mortality, and move us toward the goal of a world without breast cancer. Two Research Focus Areas are included in this mechanism: ·  CCR-Clinical Research – for clinical faculty proposing clinical research (as defined within the LOI); and ·  CCR-Basic/Translational Research – for basic or clinical faculty proposing laboratory-based biomedical research.

2. Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF) ·  Eligibility: Applications are open to postdoctoral fellows who have completed their doctoral degree and are at academic institutions, no more than 4 years after the date of their degree confirmation, or 4 years after completion of their residency (for physicians). ·  Funding Level: Up to $120,000 over 2 years or $180,000 over 3 years. ·  Training Requirements: Applicants/PIs must include a Lead Mentor who currently conducts breast cancer research at the same academic institution with the postdoctoral fellow.  The primary purpose of the Lead Mentor and Co-Mentor (if applicable) is to provide the research, scientific, clinical, management, and leadership guidance necessary to foster the Applicant/PI’s career advancement. ·  Grant Intent: PDF Grants are intended to attract and support today’s young scientists and clinicians who will fuel the future and become the next generation of leaders in the field of breast cancer research. These leaders will play key roles in reducing breast cancer incidence and mortality within the next decade, with the ultimate goal of ending breast cancer forever.   Two Research Focus Areas are included in this mechanism: ·  PDF-Clinical Research – for clinical fellows proposing clinical research (as defined within the LOI); and · PDF-Basic/Translational Research – for basic or clinical fellows proposing laboratory-based biomedical research.  KEY DATES ·  Application System Opens: May 18, 2016 ·  Letter of Intent Due: July 14, 2016, by 1 p.m., Eastern Standard Time ·  Letter of Intent Decision: September 30, 2016 ·  Application Due: November 22, 2016, by 1 p.m., Eastern Standard Time ·  Award Notification: On or around April 15, 2017 3. Graduate Training in Disparities Research (GTDR) Grants ·  Eligibility: Applications are open to researchers with a doctoral degree at academic institutions who are conducting breast cancer disparities research and are committed to support a training program with a minimum of 3 graduate students/trainees (those in a masters and/ or doctoral program) per year. ·  Funding Level: Up to $135,000 per year for up to 3 years for a total of $405,000. ·  Training Requirements: The proposed research training program should leverage the current training and research activities available at the applicant institution while also providing new training opportunities that are not currently offered. The program should provide a combination of didactic coursework and hands-on laboratory, clinical and/or public health research experience.  Strong preference will be given to programs that provide a solid plan for recruiting trainees from populations affected by disparities in breast cancer outcomes. ·  Grant Intent: GTDR Grants are intended to establish and/or to sustain a training program for a minimum of three graduate students who are seeking careers dedicated to understanding and eliminating disparities in breast cancer outcomes across population groups. ·  Application: GTDR Grants will only be a one step process for FY17 and will not require a Letter of Intent. The Request for Applications (RFA) will be released later this summer. KEY DATES ·  Application System Opens: June/July 2016 ·  Application Due: September 2016 ·  Award Notification: On or around April 15, 2017

​Please direct questions to the Komen Research Programs Help Desk: www.komen.org/researchhelpdesk