OpportunityTitle: DoD Breast Cancer HBCU/MI Partnership Training Award
Description: The Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) Historically Black Colleges and Universities/ Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Partnership Training Award was first offered in FY00. Since that time, 35 HBCU/MI Partnership Training Award applications have been received and 15 have been recommended for funding. The HBCU/MI Partnership Training Award supports two or more HBCU/MI faculty-level investigators in acquiring the training and experience necessary to obtain independent breast cancer research funding and to support the establishment of a sustainable breast cancer research program at the applicant HBCU/MI. This award provides mentorship and training at an institutional level by supporting a collaboration between multiple investigators (the Principal Investigator [PI] and co-Principal Investigator(s) [co-PI(s)] at the applicant HBCU/MI and at least one established breast cancer researcher (Primary Collaborating Mentor) at another research institution. The goals of the HBCU/MI Partnership Training Award include but are not limited to the following: &#149; All investigators (PI, co-PI(s), and collaborating mentors) will work together to complete a coordinated, substantive project that will provide training in breast cancer research and that will result in publications; &#149; The quality of the training will enable the HBCU/MI investigators to obtain independent breast cancer research funding; &#149; A lasting collaboration between the applicant HBCU/MI and mentoring institution will be established; and &#149; The research collaboration will help lay the foundation for a future breast cancer training program by improving research resources at the applicant HBCU/MI. DOD Breast Cancer HBCU/MI Partnership Training Award 3 The focus of the HBCU/MI Partnership Training Award applications should be on: &#149; Extending and enhancing the skills of the HBCU/MI PI and co-PI(s) so that they may become competitive breast cancer researchers; &#149; Completing a research project of high relevance to breast cancer that will lead to publication(s); and &#149; Establishing successful independently funded breast cancer researchers at the applicant HBCU/MI. Applications for the HBCU/MI Partnership Award may target any aspect of breast cancer biology, etiology, prevention, detection, diagnosis, and/or treatment; however, applications are especially encouraged in the following research areas: &#149; Morbidity and/or mortality disparities in underserved/minority populations; &#149; Epidemiology, including molecular, nutrition, diet, and environment; &#149; Access to care; &#149; Treatment and outcomes; &#149; Social/behavioral sciences; and/or &#149; Public health or other population-based research. Please note that only one investigator from the applicant HBCU/MI may be named as the PI for the application; the additional faculty-level investigators from the applicant HBCU/MI should be identified as the co-PI(s). The key collaborating investigator from the mentoring institution should be identified as the Primary Collaborating Mentor; additional mentors from the collaborating institution should be identified as secondary or tertiary mentor(s). Applications will not be evaluated and awards will not be made for &#147;to be named&#148; participants (PI, co-PI(s), or collaborating mentors).
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