Cancer Research Education Grants Program - Curriculum or Methods Development (R25) | PAR 18 476

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The Cancer Research Education Grants Program - Curriculum or Methods Development (R25) is a National Cancer Institute (NCI) funding opportunity under the NIH Research Education Program that focuses on strengthening the cancer research workforce through education-focused projects rather than traditional hypothesis-driven research. The main purpose is to support educational activities that complement and expand existing training efforts so the United States can better meet biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs related to cancer. In practice, the program is aimed at building and improving the way cancer research education is taught, delivered, and assessed, with an emphasis on creating new curricula or developing better instructional methods that can be used to train students, trainees, clinicians, and other professionals involved in cancer research and care.

This specific R25 opportunity prioritizes Curriculum or Methods Development, meaning competitive applications are expected to propose innovative educational products, approaches, or teaching strategies rather than, for example, primarily supporting individuals in long-term research training appointments. Projects should be creative and state-of-the-art, and they should clearly connect to NCI's mission areas, including cancer causes and mechanisms, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation after cancer, and the ongoing care of cancer patients as well as support for patients' families. Strong proposals typically describe a clear educational gap or workforce need, explain why current approaches are insufficient, and lay out how the proposed curriculum or method will improve knowledge, skills, or readiness for cancer-related research and clinical translation. Because this is an education activity category, applicants generally need to present a thoughtful plan for design, implementation, and evaluation, showing how success will be measured and how the educational innovation could be sustained or shared beyond the grant period.

The opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number PAR 18 476; CFDA 93.398) is categorized as a discretionary grant in the education and health activity areas. The listed award ceiling is $150,000, indicating that budgets are expected to be relatively focused and tied directly to education development and delivery costs. The posting lists an original closing date of 2020-11-17 and a creation date of 2017-12-05; applicants would need to verify whether the announcement is still active, has been reissued, or has been replaced by an updated FOA before investing effort in an application.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of U.S.-based organizations and governmental entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, and local governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; tribal organizations that are not federally recognized; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. The announcement also explicitly encourages participation from a range of institutions and community-based entities that often serve underrepresented or underserved populations, such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), as well as faith-based or community-based organizations, regional organizations, eligible federal agencies, and U.S. territories or possessions.

Foreign eligibility is restricted in a specific way. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities (foreign organizations and foreign institutions) are not eligible to apply as the applicant organization, and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are also not eligible to apply. However, "foreign components" are allowed as defined by the NIH Grants Policy Statement, meaning a U.S. applicant may be able to include certain foreign activities or collaborations when they meet NIH's definition and are appropriately justified and approved within NIH policy.

Overall, this grant opportunity is best understood as support for building better cancer research education infrastructure: designing modern curricula, developing teaching and learning methods, creating tools and materials that improve how cancer research concepts and skills are taught, and evaluating whether those educational innovations actually improve preparedness for cancer-related research and care. It is intended to help expand and strengthen the pipeline of people capable of contributing to cancer research and its translation into prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term patient and family support.

• The National Institutes of Health in the education, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Cancer Research Education Grants Program - Curriculum or Methods Development (R25)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.398.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2017-12-05.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2020-11-17. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $150,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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