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Beyond Cancer Speaker Series: Roberto Tinoco, PhD

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we were honored to host Dr. Roberto Tinoco as our featured speaker on October 15. Dr. Tinoco shared insights from his research on strengthening the immune system to combat cancer and developing innovative immunotherapy treatments. He also spoke about his Mexican and Los Angeles roots and emphasized the vital role diversity plays in advancing cancer research.

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(New!) 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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(New!) 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!) 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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(New!) 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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(New!) 2025 Brain Research Foundation Seed Grant Program (Limited Competition)

Focus Area: new and innovative projects, especially those of junior faculty, who are working in new research directions. BRF Seed Grant awards are not intended to supplement existing grants. BRF funds research that investigates the underlying neural mechanisms of disease in areas that include molecular and clinical neuroscience as well as studies of neural, sensory, motor, cognitive, behavioral and emotional functioning.

Deadline: October 21, 2024

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UCLA-UCI Center for Eliminating Cardiometabolic Disparities in Multi-Ethnic Populations

Focus area: promising investigators, including those from under-represented backgrounds proposing pilot research projects that focus on improving the health of communities and contributing to the science of eliminating cardiometabolic disparities. Applicants are required to have a doctoral faculty, doctoral research, or post-doctoral position at UCLA, UCI, or at another academic institution/organization in Los Angeles or Orange County.

up to $40k / 1 year

Deadline: October 23, 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

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

Learn More and Apply >>

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: 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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Call for Nominations: 2025 ODP Early Stage Investigator Lecture

Purpose: to support early career scientists who have made significant research contributions in prevention but who have not yet been awarded an R01 or R01-equivalent NIH research grant. They are particularly interested in nominees conducting applied preventive intervention research to address health disparities in common risk and protective factors for illness, injury, and the leading causes of death in the United States.

Nominations Due: October 25, 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 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

Updated Findings Provide Insights Into Radiation Exposure’s Impact on Cancer Risk

A major update was made to the International Nuclear Workers Study (INWORKS), an international epidemiological study of workers in the nuclear sector to assess their risks of cancer and non-cancerous diseases. 

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Questions? Contact us at cfcccadmin@hs.uci.edu