This funding program has ended. Please review other opportunities on our main funding page.
Background
In spring 2021, we kicked off this NCORP-focused initiative with a 2-hour virtual symposium for information gathering and shared learning, serving as a springboard for research ideas to test promising accrual strategies across network sites.
The symposium featured 2 rounds of site presentations, each followed by a brief panel discussion. Participating sites included: (session 1) Hawaii Minority Underserved NCORP, Upstate Carolina NCORP, Columbia University MU NCORP, Montefiore Medical Center MU NCORP, and (session 2) New Mexico MU NCORP, Stroger Hospital of Cook County MU NCORP, Puerto Rico MU NCORP, Baptist Memorial Healthcare/Mid South MU NCORP.
Compiled Symposium Slide Presentations
NCORP Special Symposium: Improving Representation in Cancer Clinical Trials from The Hope Foundation on Vimeo.
Minority/Underserved Recruitment Initiative:
A Pilot Grant Program For Improved Outreach & Accrual
Awards are made from this pilot grant program to foster improved representation of under-resourced populations in cancer clinical trial accrual. Grants from the program are issued through a competitive, peer-reviewed process, and projects are funded for up to $50,000 (direct costs) and may be spent over a 1- or 2-year award period. Indirect costs are limited to a rate of 25%. The source of these funds is nonfederal.
OBJECTIVES
Fundable project proposals should:
- Establish infrastructure or test an intervention to improve access for underrepresented population(s);
- Strive to remove structural barriers (e.g., policies, protocol-specific);
- Be action-oriented and measurable (vs. descriptive);
- Challenge and seek to shift current research or clinical practice paradigms;
- Describe how the effort will be communicated to patients and other stakeholders;
- Be scalable for potential application at sites across the NCTN/NCORP.
Not fundable: Any proposal which solely seeks validation of an existing problem.
Outlines will be reviewed prior to inviting full application submissions.
Hope Budget Template (Excel Download)
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And through a general research grant by Astellas & Pfizer, Inc.
