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WHO MAY APPLY FOR FUNDING FROM CBCRP?

  1. Any individual or organization in California may submit an application. The research must be conducted primarily in California and the applicant institution and principal investigator must be located in California. We welcome investigators from community organizations, public or privately-owned corporations and other businesses, volunteer health organizations, health maintenance organizations, hospitals, laboratories, research institutions, colleges and universities.
  2. We encourage researchers new to breast cancer to apply. We recommend that applicants who have limited experience in scientific research or in scientific grant-writing collaborate with established breast cancer researchers in order to maximize specificity and impact on breast cancer.
  3. Re-submissions and previously funded PIs: All awards from the previous two grant cycles are open to re-submission for open funding opportunities. Any resubmission for IDEA Awards must go through the LOI process. Previously funded PIs are also eligible to apply for new projects with distinct aims from the previous CBCRP grants.
  4. Multiple applications and grant limits: A PI may submit more than one application, but each must have unique specific aims. Each PI is limited to a maximum of two grants either as PI or co-PI, and these must be in different award types. Program Initiative, Policy Initiative and Conference Award funding are not included in this limit. A PI may have more than one Research Initiative grant in a year.

How to apply

Before applying to CBCRP, consider our background, approach, funding strategy and existing portfolio. Our focus is specifically targeted to breast cancer, so researchers outside this field should cultivate collaborations or develop preliminary data in breast cancer prior to applying. Make sure your research project matches our priority issues and award types.

All LOIs and applications must be submitted online through SmartSimple.

Registration is required in order to access SmartSimple. 

  1. When accessing SmartSimple for the first time, all users should click the “Register Here” button under “Principal Investigator Registration” and follow the instructions to enter your institution, name, and contact information.
  2. If you cannot find your institution, click “Search the IRS database” If your institution is listed in the IRS database, click the “Select” button (right arrow) to add it to the system and continue to #4. If it is not listed, please contact us to have your institution added to the system. Contact information can be found at the end of this document.
  3. If you need to change the institution that your account is associated with, please contact us.
  4. Once you have created a user account, you will receive an email with instructions to create a password and complete your account profile.
  5. If you see a pop-up message indicating that an account with your email address already exists, return to the main login page (https://rgpogrants.ucop.edu), and click the “Forgot Password” You will receive an email with a link and instructions to reset your password. If you do not receive the password reset email within one hour, please contact us using the contact information at the end of this document. Make sure to check your spam or junk folder.

GRANT MANAGEMENT

For general application and grant-related policies, see the Research Grants Programs Office (RGPO).

All grant reporting and updates should be submitted through SmartSimple.

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