Community Research Collaboration Awards
Community Research Collaboration Awards support community organizations and scientists as equal partners in breast cancer research to inform public health and reduce the disease’s burden.
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Funder: California Breast Cancer Research Program
Due Dates: October 16, 2026, noon PT (Planning) | March 4, 2027, noon PT (Pilot) | January 20, 2027, 5:00 PM Pacific (QuickStart individuals) | March 11, 2027, 5:00 PM Pacific (QuickStart teams)
Funding Amounts: Planning: up to $25,000 for 12 months; Pilot: up to $200,000 for 18 months; Full: up to $600,000 for 3 years (direct costs, plus eligible indirect costs)
Summary: Supports equal partnerships between California community organizations and scientists conducting community-driven breast cancer research.
Key Information: Teams must identify community and experienced scientific co-PIs and demonstrate broad community involvement throughout the project.
Description
The California Breast Cancer Research Program’s Community Research Collaboration (CRC) awards support community organizations and experienced research scientists working as equal partners on breast cancer research. Since 1997, teams have combined community knowledge and lived experience with scientific expertise to identify research questions, design studies, gather and interpret data, and share findings with community and scientific audiences. The goal is research that informs public health and reduces the burden of breast cancer.
Three mechanisms support different stages: Planning awards develop partnerships and proposals, Pilot awards strengthen collaborations and generate preliminary data, and Full awards support well-developed research plans. Projects may address any CBCRP research priority, with community impact and causes and prevention especially common. CBCRP prioritizes historically underserved or underrepresented populations and questions or resources unique to California.
