Funding opportunities Overview
In our 2026-2027 (cycle 33) call for applications, we are offering funding for the following award types:
- Fellowship Awards: for fellows pursuing careers in breast cancer research. Up to $148,800 direct costs for 2 year predoctoral fellowships and up to $180,000 direct costs for 2 year postdoctoral fellowships.
- Innovative Developmental and Exploratory Award (IDEA): for promising high-risk/high-reward projects. Up to $200,000 direct costs for up to 18 months.
- Community Research Collaboration (CRC) awards: for community-partnered participatory research projects that include a collaborative partnership between a Community co-PI and an Academic co-PI in all phases of research. Up to $25,000 direct costs for 1 year CRC Planning Awards and up to $200,000 direct costs for 18 months for CRC Pilot awards. CRC Full awards will be offered in Cycle 34 (2027-2028).
- Standard and Community-Led Conference awards: to support a conference, symposium, retreat, or other meeting to stimulate new ideas and collaborations. Up to $25,000 in direct costs for 1 year. Community-Led Conference Awards have the same requirements as the standard awards, but employ a letter of intent submission process that allows conference organizers to obtain formal feedback about their event before applying.
- Policy Initiatives: to support research into the formulation of policies that will reduce the incidence of and/or morbidity and mortality from breast cancer in California. Up to $260,000 for up to 6 months.
Letter of intent and application forms and instructions will be available in SmartSimple beginning September 1.
Registration is required to access SmartSimple. Registration instructions are available in the "How to Apply" section of the Application and Grant Administration page.
The program-directed initiatives are designed to leverage California's unique and diverse geographic, population and research resources to support critical studies that significantly move these fields forward and create solutions. Funding opportunities for CBCRP's fourth round of initiatives, Reducing the Burden of Breast Cancer Initiatives, will start to be offered in September 2027 and will address these research goals.
Preparing to apply:
- To be responsive and eligible for funding, each applicant must explain how their proposed research addresses one or more of our priority issues. (Examples provided in our priorities overviews are intended to cover broad breast cancer research topics and the examples provided are not all-inclusive.)
- Who may apply? CBCRP funds research only in California. Any resident of California is eligible to apply for funding. Learn more about eligibility.
- Review dates and deadlines for any funding mechanisms you're considering.
- Trainee Supplements - once funded for any CBCRP grant award type, except for conference awards, Fellowships and Planning awards, a PI may apply for supplemental funding to support promising high school students, undergraduate students or community members. Learn more about the CBCRP Trainee Supplement.