The information below is from the 2024-2026 request for proposals. Please see the opportunity website for updated information.
Since 1997, the Community Research Collaboration (CRC) awards have funded community organizations — such as breast cancer advocacy organizations, community clinics and other organizations serving women with breast cancer — to work in teams with well-trained, experienced research scientists. Together, the teams decide which breast cancer questions are most important to them, determine how to study these questions, gather and interpret data, and communicate findings to other community members, scientists, and the public. CBCRP invites you to become part of this tradition of innovative community-based participatory research by applying for a CRC award:
- Community Research Collaboration (CRC) Pilot Award The CRC Pilot award supports the initial phase of the project, which includes strengthening collaborations, developing feasible methods and tools, and collecting pilot data.
- Community Research Collaboration (CRC) Full Award The CRC Full award funds projects with a fully developed research plan and supporting preliminary data, carried out by a well-integrated, experienced team of scientists and community members. Typically, a CRC Full application is for support of the completion of a research plan successfully carried out with a CRC Pilot award.The CRC Full award will be offered in 2023-2024 funding cycle and then every other year following.
Award Amount and Details
- Community Research Collaboration (CRC) Pilot Award (Deadline: March 6, 2025)
- Budget cap for total project direct costs: $200,000
- Maximum duration: 18 months
- Community Research Collaboration (CRC) Full Award (Deadline: March 2026)
- Budget cap for total project direct costs: $600,000
- Maximum duration: Three years
For both types of CRC awards, non-UC institutions are entitled to full F&A of the Modified Total Direct Cost base (MTDC); UC institutional F&A is capped at 35% MTDC (not retroactive to prior grants).
Deadlines and Date Information
Please visit the program’s website for more information.
Eligibility Information
- CBCRP funds research only in California.
- In accordance with University of California policy, investigators who are University employees and who receive any part of their salary through the University must submit grant proposals through their campus contracts and grants office. See program solicitation for additional information.
- Please see the program solicitations for each program for specific eligibility criteria.
