The Breast Cancer Research Foundation-AACR Career Development Awards to Promote Diversity and Inclusion represent a focused effort to encourage and support investigators from diverse backgrounds who are underrepresented in cancer research and/or from low resource settings, and to foster their professional advancement. This grant program also intends to build a more diverse and inclusive future for breast cancer research. Eligibility is limited to members of racial or ethnic groups who have been shown to be traditionally excluded in the cancer related sciences workforce and/or to individuals from low resource settings. Selection is competitive and will be based on outstanding accomplishments both in scientific research and in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within the cancer research community.
Proposed project may be in basic, translational, clinical, epidemiological, population health, and/or community-based cancer related research and designed to accelerate the discovery, development, and application of new agents to treat breast cancer. Research that aims to advance the science of understanding cancer health disparities in racial and ethnic minorities with relevance to breast cancer will also be considered.
The grants provide $150,000 over two years for expenses related to the research project, which may include salary and benefits of the grant recipient and any collaborator, postdoctoral or clinical research fellows, graduate students (including tuition costs associated with graduate students’ education and training), research assistants; research/laboratory supplies; equipment; publication charges for manuscripts that pertain directly to the funded project; and other research expenses.
Letter of Intent Deadline: Dec. 4, 2024
At the start of the grant term on May 15, 2025, applicants must:
- Hold a faculty position with the title of assistant professor, instructor, research assistant professor, or the equivalent.
- If eligibility is based on a future position, the position must be confirmed at the time of application, and CANNOT be contingent upon receiving this grant.
- If the future position is at a different institution than the applicant’s current institution, the applicant must contact the AACR’s Research and Grants Administration Department (the AACR’s RGA) at grants@aacr.org before submitting their application for information on additional verification materials/signatures that may be required.
- Have independent laboratory space as confirmed by their institution.
- Work at an academic, medical, or research institution anywhere in the world.
- Belong to racial or ethnic group(s) that has (have) been shown to be traditionally excluded in the cancer related sciences workforce and/or to individuals from low resource settings.
- For U.S. applicants, these groups include Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders
- For international applicants, these groups include citizens or permanent residents of the AACR Eligible Country List* and must currently reside in one of those countries.
- *The AACR reviews the Eligible Country List annually, and when considering eligibility, evaluates levels of official development assistance (OECD), income classifications (World Bank), and achievement in social and economic dimensions (UNDP)
- Applicants must also be residing and conducting research in an eligible country at the start of the grant term on May 15, 2025. Citizens or permanent residents of an eligible country who are currently employed or pursuing training in a non-eligible country will not be considered.