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(New!) UCI Health Clinical Research Website Launch

We're excited to announce the launch of the new UCI Clinical Research website! This platform marks a significant step forward in advancing medical knowledge and providing valuable resources to patients, researchers, healthcare professionals and sponsors.

Visit the website at clinicalresearch.ucihealth.org

(New!) CHOC Research Day 2024

Register now for CHOC Research Day 2024 on November 20, 2024 from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM! This year’s event promises to showcase groundbreaking research, foster collaboration and celebrate innovation across our Research Institute focusing on pediatric brain health.

Learn More and Register Here

NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) 

Research development professionals at UC Irvine will be running an NSF CAREER Institute for Assistant Professors to hone their skills in the art of competitive grant writing and proposal development.

NSF CAREER supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Applicants must hold a tenure-track position as an assistant professor.

 

Application deadline for participants is Friday, November 15, 2024.

An information session will be held on October 30, 2024 at 11:00 AM.



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NIH Grants Process Primer: Application to Award (Two-Part Virtual Event)

Are you new to or have limited experience working with the NIH extramural grants application process? Are you looking to enhance your knowledge of NIH and the grants application process, as well as of the associated application tools and systems through demos and some interactive opportunities, and learn more about the process to train others?

If you answered “yes” to both of these questions, then it’s time to register for the NIH Grants Process Primer: Application to Award, a two-part live virtual event on November 13 and 14, 2024.

Understanding its overall mission and structure, and the foundations of the NIH’s grants process, are vital to successfully applying for funding. To assist you on your journey applying for grant support, NIH invites you to participate in a two-part webinar designed to help inform and clarify important elements from application preparation to award. 

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Questions? Contact NIHGrantsEvents@nih.gov

Experimental Tissue Shared Resource (ETR) Offers Custom Tissue Microarray and Brightfield Whole Slides Scanning

The ETR is excited to discuss your project’s study design and tissue needs. We can now create custom tissue microarrays (TMA) with tissue you provide or human tissue remnants and scan whole histology slides at 40X. Selection of optimal representative tissue regions can be performed by our pathologist. 

We can provide histology support for special transcriptomics platforms supported by GTH Share Resource

Questions? Contact Delia Tifrea, ETR Core Manager, 714-872-1093.

Biobehavioral Shared Resource (BBSR) Consultation & Comprehensive Project Request is Live

The BBSR is excited to discuss your project’s study design and needs, as well as see how our new menu of services can best support your project goals.

During our “Consultation Meeting” we’ll learn more about your project and how the BBSR can support your team. Ready to schedule? Complete the "Consultation Request" on iLab.

Questions? Contact Jose Lechuga, BBSR Core Manager.

Biostatistics Shared Resource (BSR) - In-person Walk-in or Zoom Consultations Available

Informal statistical in-person walk-in or via Zoom consultations are available to discuss your study design and statistical needs. 

With Wen-pin Chen, MS, Senior Statistician & Manager for BSR:

• Every Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday from 2:00 - 4:00 PM | Book your meeting here
• Location: 200 S Manchester Ave, Orange, CA 92868, Suite 400, Room 433 OR Zoom

Funding Opportunities

For a curated list of internal, federal and foundation funding opportunities, please refer to CFCCC's Funding Opportunities webpage. Highlighted funding opportunities are listed below.

UCI & UC FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

(New!) UCI Cancer Research Institute Call for Research Proposals

Investigators within the first six years of their first independent faculty position and in the following series are eligible: In Line, In Residence, Adjunct, Clinical-X, Clinical and Researcher. Awardees may not hold a competitive grant from a national agency (e.g. NIH, ACS etc.) or be a previous recipient of an ACS-IRG seed grant. 

Deadline: November 18, 2024

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UC Pancreatic Cancer Consortium Early Detection Awards

The UC Pancreatic Cancer Consortium (UCPCC) proposes to fund up to two 2-year pilot projects in novel areas of early detection for pancreatic cancer. The goal is to promote the highest quality clinical, basic, or population science with translational potential. Projects must propose highly original strategies to address the challenges of early detection in pancreatic cancer and not simply represent new applications of single analyte biomarkers.

Deadline: December 1, 2024

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UCI Addressing Bias and Building Community at UC Irvine (ABC at UCI)

The University of California has provided each campus with one-time funding to address and combat antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other forms of bias, bigotry, and discrimination at the university. Funds from this resource will support the ABC at UCI grant program. The Office of Inclusive Excellence is now accepting proposals for up to $3,000 from UCI faculty, staff, and students. 

Deadline: November 15, 2024

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UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Focus area: outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients with the potential to bring to their academic and research careers the critical perspective from their non-traditional educational background or understanding of the experiences of members of groups historically underrepresented in higher education.

$66k / 1 year

Deadline: November 1, 2024

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UCI CFCCC: A1 Bridge

Up to $20k in bridge funding to investigators who have received scores on NIH grant applications (i.e., not triaged) that have missed the funding pay line and will be resubmitted.

Applications: Due on a rolling basis

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FOUNDATION FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

(New!) Research!America Microgrants

2024–25 Civic Engagement Microgrant Program: focus on STEM groups led by master’s, PhD, postdoc, or professional students to design and execute projects that create dialogue with public officials, local community leaders and the public around issues of common concern. 

Up to $4k

Applications: November 15, 2024

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Research!America Public Engagement Training Content Microgrant Program: funding open access curriculum development in science communication and other public engagement skills. Program welcomes novel ideas to develop and test public engagement training content for those in STEM. 

Up to $5K

Applications: November 15, 2024

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The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research, Drug Discovery Award

Focus area: investigators working to discover and progress a new therapeutic agent into preclinical development, providing not only resources to support post-target validation through early lead development but also the expertise of seasoned biopharma R&D scientists who will advise on activities on the critical path to developing a new therapeutic agent.

$1M / 3 years

Letter of Intent: November 11, 2024

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Lustgarten Foundation-AACR Career Development Award for Pancreatic Cancer Research, in Honor of John Robert Lewis

Focus area: early career scientists engaged in pancreatic cancer research. The proposed project may be basic, translational, clinical, or population sciences-related research and must have direct applicability and relevance to the understanding, detection, diagnosis, or treatment of pancreatic cancer.

$300k / 3 years

Letter of Intent: November 2024

Applications: January 9, 2025

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St. Baldrick's Foundation Summer Fellow Awards

Focus area: undergraduate, graduate, and medical school students who will work in a pediatric oncology research setting for a summer.

$5k / 8-10 weeks in the summer

Proposals due: February 20, 2025

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Melanoma Research Alliance

Focus area: pre-clinical, translational, and early clinical research with the potential to produce unusually high-impact, near-term advancements in melanoma prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment.

Up to $300k (various awards available)

Deadline for Established Investigator Award: November 4, 2024

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FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

(New!) Notice of Funding Opportunity: NCI Research Specialist (Clinician Scientist) Award (R50 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Purpose: to encourage the development of stable research career opportunities for exceptional clinician scientists who want to continue to participate in the NCI clinical trials networks through leadership in the 1) development of national clinical trials, 2) implementation of NCI clinical trials in their institutions, and 3) national service to the NCI clinical trials networks through participation in the scientific review committees, monitoring committees and other activities, but not serve as principal investigators of research project grants.

Application Due: November 4, 2024

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(New!) Notice of Funding Opportunity: Scaling-up and Maintaining Evidence-based Interventions to Maximize Impact on Cancer (SUMMIT) - Tobacco Use Treatment for Cancer Survivors (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)

Purpose: to advance the science of scale-up and sustainment of tobacco use treatment (TUT) for cancer survivors. Each Research Project will propose a trial to test implementation strategies to equitably and effectively scale-up and sustain the delivery of TUT to a large number of diverse clinical care delivery settings and cancer survivor populations, with an emphasis on cancer survivor populations experiencing health inequities.

Letter of Intent: November 6, 2024

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(New!) Notice of Funding Opportunity: Scaling-up and Maintaining Evidence-based Interventions to Maximize Impact on Cancer (SUMMIT)- Lung Cancer Screening (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)

Purpose:  to advance the science of scale-up and sustainment of lung cancer screening (LCS) for populations at high risk for lung cancer. Each Research Project will propose a trial to test implementation strategies to equitably and effectively scale-up and sustain the delivery of LCS to a large number of diverse clinical care delivery settings and populations at high risk for lung cancer, with an emphasis on populations experiencing health inequities.   

Letter of Intent: November 6, 2024

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Notice of Funding Opportunity: Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Network (CP-CTNet): CP-CTNet Sites (UG1 Clinical Trial Required)

Purpose: to perform early phase clinical trials to evaluate the biologic effects of preventive agents and interventions and to determine clinically-relevant correlates in order to advance their development for cancer prevention.

Letter of Intent: November 10, 2024

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Notice of Funding Opportunity: The Confluence of Cancer Stigma and HIV Stigma in HIV-positive Individuals Diagnosed with Cancer (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Purpose: to support pilot/exploratory research that expands the current understanding of the confluence of cancer stigma and HIV stigma in people with HIV (PWH) diagnosed with cancer.

Letter of Intent: November 10, 2024

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Notice of Funding Opportunity: The Confluence of Cancer Stigma and HIV Stigma in HIV-positive Individuals Diagnosed with Cancer (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

Purpose: to support pilot/exploratory research that expands the current understanding of the confluence of cancer stigma and HIV stigma in people with HIV (PWH) diagnosed with cancer.

Letter of Intent: November 10, 2024

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Notice of Funding Opportunity: NCI Research Specialist (Clinician Scientist) Award (R50 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Purpose: To encourage those who want to continue to participate in the NCI clinical trials networks through leadership in the: development of national clinical trials, implementation of NCI clinical trials in their institutions and national service to the NCI clinical trials networks through participation in the scientific review committees.

Application: November 5, 2024

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Notice of Funding Opportunity: Biomedical Research Facilities (C06 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Purpose: eligible academic and research institutions to apply for funding to modernize existing or construct new biomedical research facilities. Applications will be accepted from public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education, as well as from non-profit research organizations. Applications from both research-intensive institutions and Institutions of Emerging Excellence (IEE) in biomedical research from all geographic regions in the nation are strongly encouraged.

Letter of Intent: December 16, 2024

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Notice of Special Interest: Conferences and Scientific Meetings in Cancer Biology

Purpose: Support innovative conferences, symposia, and workshops that explore basic, fundamental questions in areas of cancer biology

Application: December 12, 2024

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Newsroom

Turning Grief Into Hope: Mike Kirby Makes $1 Million Donation to Fight Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

The Suzette Kirby Breast Cancer Research Fund has supported research by Devon Lawson, PhD, associate professor of physiology and biophysics, and Kai Kessenbrock, PhD, associate professor of biological chemistry. The two researchers are at the forefront of innovation in breast cancer research.

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UCI Health Offers Breakthrough Ultrasound Treatment for Liver Cancer

On Sept. 10, Dr. Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh and her UCI Health interventional radiology team used the noninvasive ultrasound technology, called the Edison histotripsy system, to treat the first patients at UCI Medical Center, part of UCI Health.

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