BCRFA Innovation Awards
Funding Amount
$50,000
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
foundation
Overview
BCRFA Innovation Awards
Award Type: Seed grant for new investigators
Award Amount: $50,000 per award (two awards available annually)
Geographic Scope: Alabama research entities
Focus Areas: Breast cancer research including:
Eligibility:
Overview: Seed grants designed to support new investigators to explore innovative ideas in breast cancer research. Helps fund initial research to generate preliminary data supporting applications for extramural, peer-reviewed funding from national sources.
Research Institutions Supported:
Contact Information:
How to Apply
Application Process
1. Request Submission Guidelines: Visit bcrfa.org/breakthroughs.php or email [email protected] to request a copy of submission guidelines and application materials
2. Proposal Submission: Submit research proposals by announced deadline (historically October)
3. Content Requirements: Include description of innovative approach and preliminary feasibility data
4. Review Process: Proposals reviewed by BCRFA selection committee
5. Award Announcement: Recipients announced at BCRFA Comprehensive Cancer Center Annual Research Retreat
- One-year or multi-year funding available
- Designed for novel, high-risk/high-reward research ideas
- Two awards available per funding cycle
- Intended to support exploratory research phase
Key Features
What Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Ala actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 7
- Total given
- $1.12M
- Median grant
- $100K
- Range
- $25K–$498K
- By dollars: Alabama 100%. Top recipient cities: Birmingham, AL; Mobile, AL; Auburn, AL.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at Uab · Birmingham, AL
The foundation sponsors several events for the purpose of raising funds for breast…
$498K
University of South Alabama · Mobile, AL
The funds are used for expanding innovative cancer research and for purchasing…
$200K
Auburn University · Auburn, AL
The funds are used for expanding innovative cancer research and for purchasing…
$150K
University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL
The funds are used for expanding innovative cancer research and for purchasing…
$100K
Alabama State University · Montgomery, AL
The funds are used for expanding innovative cancer research and for purchasing…
$100K
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