RFA: Cancer Health Research Centers (CHERCs)
RFA: Cancer Health Research Centers (CHERCs) supports researchers conducting coordinated, community-engaged cancer research to address local or regional health inequities and reduce cancer mortality.
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Funder: American Cancer Society
Due Dates: December 1, 2026 (Winter—Instructions/Policies) | December 15, 2026 (Winter—RFA) | February 9, 2027 (Summer LOI) | June 1, 2027 (Summer application)
Funding Amounts: New Centers: up to $1.65 million over 4 years, including one research subaward and Supportive Core
Summary: Supports coordinated, community-engaged research addressing local or regional cancer health disparities, advancing equity, and reducing cancer mortality.
Key Information: The Center PI and research subaward PI must be different individuals; co-PIs and multiple PIs are not allowed.
Description
The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Health Research Centers (CHERCs) program funds actionable, solution-based research addressing demonstrated cancer health inequities in local or regional communities. Administered through Extramural Discovery Science’s Clinical and Population Sciences program, it supports work across health promotion, prevention, screening, treatment, access to care, care delivery, and survivorship. Community engagement must be central to Center development and implementation.
Each new Center combines one research subaward with a PI-managed Supportive Core supporting a shared scientific agenda. Core activities may include shared methods and tools, resource sharing, collaboration, mentoring and training, pilot projects, community engagement, and dissemination. Applicants must explain the inequity, their ability to reach the population, expected community impact, and why the coordinated Center achieves more than independent projects.
