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Community Networks Program (CNP) – Centers for Reducing Cancer Disparities through Outreach, Research and Training (U54) RFA-CA-09-032
Internal Competition Completed
Principal Investigators Selected:
- Terry Mason, Clinical Assistant Professor, Surgery, COM
- Vincent Freeman, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, SPH
Program Summary
The Community Networks Program (CNP) is designed to address the cancer burden in racial/ethnic minorities and other underserved populations by using Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR). This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits applications for CNP Centers that will utilize the CBPR approach to reduce specific cancer disparities through a combination of outreach, research and training. The goal of the CNP Centers is to increase knowledge of, access to and utilization of beneficial biomedical and behavioral procedures related to cancer in areas ranging from prevention to early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship. In this CNP issuance, a particular emphasis is on high quality intervention research involving controlled and rigorous studies. Applicant teams must be based on established partnerships between academic institution(s) and targeted community entities/community-serving healthcare organizations. The partnering community components are expected to contribute substantially to the design of the Center programs proposed in the applications. The proposed Centers may involve a “Headquarters” site and additional locations in different geographic areas. A Center with Headquarters and at least 4 additional sites in defined geographic areas is referred to as a “National Center”. Other centers, referred to as “Regional Centers”, must be composed of a Headquarters and 2-3 additional sites in defined geographical areas. This FOA is open to all qualified applicants regardless of whether or not they participated in the previous CNP issuance.
Total costs requested for a Regional Center may not exceed $900,000 in the first year. Total costs requested or awarded for a National Center may not exceed $1.5 million in the first year. For both types of Centers, funding may be requested for 5-year periods with standard 3% cost of living increases allowed for years 2-5.
UIC is restricted to one application.
Additional Information
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-09-032.html
Deadlines
| UIC Internal Letter of Intent (mandatory) | October 22, 2009 |
| UIC Internal Competition | TBD |
| Sponsor Letter of Intent (optional) | November 15, 2009 |
| Sponsor Full Proposals | December 15, 2009 |
Letter of Intent Instructions
- By submitting this form, applicant attests that s/he has read and meets the sponsor's eligibility criteria for this program. The LOI can be emailed to RDS@uic.edu, Attn: Jennifer Czak.
- OVCR may reserve submission slots for previously submitted but unfunded proposals that received highly competitive ratings from the external sponsor. These will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the Vice Chancellor. For consideration, scanned copies of your complete reviews (not just summary) must be included with LOI.
LOI form: http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research/funding/forms/0600.doc
Depending upon the number of LOIs submitted, OVCR might be required to facilitate an internal peer review process to select UIC’s submission(s) to this program. White paper instructions will be issued to those submitting LOIs, if necessary.
Please contact Jennifer Czak at jpaliga@uic.edu or 6-2590 with any questions.
If an authorized principal investigator is not listed above, please consider the limited competition still open. Contact RDS@uic.edu for further information.
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