CFCCC Bulletin - Events, Announcements, Funding Opportunities, and More

Upcoming Events

May

31

Engaging in Community Through Storytelling

12:00 - 1:00 PM

5th floor School of Business Building #1 - Porter Room

Featuring: Melenaite Fifita, Staff Research Associate and Tongan Patient Navigator at UCI CFCCC's Office of Community Outreach and Engagement

Host: Office of Inclusive Excellence, Asian Pacific Islander Staff & Faculty Association, Office of Campus Orgs & Volunteer Programs

Learn More and RSVP

May

31

Deciphering and Targeting Clonal Evolution to Leukemia

4:00 - 5:00 PM

Virtual Lecture

Speaker: Ross L. Levine, MD, Laurence Joseph Dineen Chair in Leukemia Research; Deputy Physician-in-Chief, Translational Research, Memorial Hospital, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Host: UCI Medical Scientist Training Program

June

2

Hangry Cancer Cells: Tumor Nutrition and Cancer Cell Biology

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Natural Sciences I, Room 1114

Speaker: Alexander Muir, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago

Host: UCI Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

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June

7

Launching a Career in Health Disparities Research - An NCCIH Perspective

12:00 - 1:30 PM

Virtual Webinar

Host: The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

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June

12

Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN) Summer Meeting

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (ET), June 12 - 13

Virtual Meeting

Review Agenda and RSVP (virtual)

June

14

ACS Research Virtual Mini-Symposium: Cancer Metastasis

8:00 - 10:00 AM

Virtual Webinar

Featuring: Devon Lawson, PhD - ACS Research Scholar Grant

Learn More and RSVP

June

14

UCI Anti-Cancer Challenge Webinar: Integrative Cancer Support and Survivorship Services, High-Risk Breast Cancer Services & Cervical Cancer Research

1:00 - 2:00 PM

Virtual Webinar

Learn More or Join via Zoom

Announcements

Save The Date: UCI Anti-Cancer Challenge

Saturday, Oct. 7 at UCI Aldrich Park | 5K and 10K Run/Walk | 14-, 35-, 60- and 100-Mile Ride | Mountain Bike Ride

The UCI Anti-Cancer Challenge is a community movement to raise awareness and funds for critical cancer research at the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Every participant-raised dollar directly funds pilot studies and early phase clinical trials that aim to develop new insights into cancer prevention, treatment and cures — to save lives

Learn More and Register

We are pleased to announce that the CFCCC is now a main member of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

This expands our network within the National Cancer Institute (NCI)’s National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN). This Alliance membership provides increased access to clinical trials, unique funding opportunities, and collaborative involvement for investigators and research professionals through committee or program participation. Congratulations to Dr. Deepa Jeyakumar, Alliance Principal Investigator, Dr. Kiran Naqvi, Alliance Co-Principal Investigator, and CFCCC on obtaining main membership approval!

Biostatistics Shared Resource - In-person Walk-in or Zoom Consultations Now Available

Informal statistical in-person walk-in or via Zoom consultations are available to discuss your study design and statistical needs. After you have booked the meeting, the Zoom information will be sent to you if you would like to meet via Zoom.

Every Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday from 2 - 4 PM
Location: 200 S Manchester Ave, Orange, CA 92868, Suite 400, Room 433

Questions? Contact Wen-pin Chen, Senior Statistician and BSR Manager.

Book Your Consultation

Funding Opportunities

LIMITED SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITIES

These opportunities require prior review and selection by a committee before the candidate may proceed with their formal submission to the awarding foundation. Please submit the required documents by the internal deadline, as directed.

2024 St. Baldrick’s Foundation – Fellowship Awards

Focus Area: Pediatric oncology fellows

$195k/2 years

One candidate will be selected.

Internal Application: June 19, 2023

Learn More and Apply >>

OTHER NON-FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

These opportunities do not require nomination or selection by the Cancer Center.

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

Broad Pragmatic Studies Funding Announcement. Learn More >>

Phased Large Awards for Comparative Effectiveness Research. Learn More >>

Improving Methods for Conducting Patient-Centered Outcomes Research. Learn More >>

Advancing the Science of Engagement. Learn More >>

Implementation of Effective Shared Decision-Making Approaches in Practice Settings. Learn More >>

Letter of Intent (All): TODAY, May 31, 2023, 2 PM PT

Harrington Scholar-Innovator Award

$100K/2 years, with opportunity to qualify for up to $1.1 M

Focus: Physician-scientists; late translational/early clinical pilots

Letter of Intent: June 5, 2023

Learn More and Apply >>

Victoria's Secret Global Fund for Women's Cancers Career Development Award

$206K/2 years

Focus: Breast or gynecologic cancers

Application: June 7, 2023

Learn More and Apply >>

Prevent Cancer Foundation Research Grants & Fellowships

$100K/2 years

Focus: Innovative research in cancer prevention and early detection

Proposal Due: July 11, 2023

Learn More and Apply >>

California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP)

Convener on Fertility Preservation for Young Breast Cancer Patients

$40K/6 months

Application: August 2, 2023

Learn More and Apply >>

California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP)

Shift Work and Breast Cancer Risk

$300K (Project 1); $350K (Project 2)/2 years

Application: August 2, 2023

Learn More and Apply >>

Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance (MOCA)

2023 National Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer Research Awards

$150K/1 year

Focus: early detection of ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer

Proposal: September 1, 2023

Learn More and Apply >>

FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs

FY23 Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) - earliest deadline June 6, 2023

FY23 Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP): Patient-Centered Outcomes and Survivorship Award (PCOSA) – July 20, 2023

(NEW) FY23 Melanoma Research Program (MRP) - earliest deadline July 10, 2023

FY23 Pancreatic Cancer Research Program (PCARP) - earliest deadline July 10, 2023

FY23 Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) – next deadline July 25, 2023

FY23 Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) – earliest deadline June 22, 2023

FY23 Rare Cancers Research Program (RCRP) - earliest deadline June 26, 2023

FY23 Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program (TSCRP) – earliest deadline June 8, 2023

Newsroom

Celebrating decades long UC Irvine legacy and impact on cancer research & public health interventions

Professor of population health and disease prevention and general internal medicine – Lari Wenzel, PhD, from the UCI Program in Public Health and the School of Medicine, is retiring at the end of June after 27 years of campus service. She leaves an outstanding legacy of achievements and a portfolio of valuable cancer research.

Courageous Corazones

Corazones Unidos Por Una Vida (Hearts United for Life) is a prototype program of support for Latinx families with children who are undergoing cancer treatment at Children’s Hospital of Orange County. It is designed and driven by Associate Professor Michelle Fortier, a clinical psychologist and pediatric pain expert at the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing and UCI Center on Stress and Health.