Susan G. Komen Deadlines

Research Grants Opens May 11, 2010
Pre-application June 25, 2010, 8pm ET Full application November 2, 2010, 8pm ET
Investigator-Initiated Research IIR grants seek to stimulate exploration of new ideas and novel approaches in breast cancer research and clinical practice that will lead to reductions in breast cancer incidence and mortality within the next decade.
NEW! Scientific focus on the biology of breast cancer; novel therapeutics and resistance; prevention and early detection; and disparities research.
Applicants may request funding for 2 or 3 years: Up to $400,000 over 2 years; or up to $600,000 over 3 years.

Opens May 11, 2010 Pre-application June 25 2010, 8pm ET
Full application November 2, 2010, 8pm ET
Career Catalyst Research
CCR grants provide unique opportunities for scientists in the early stages of their career to achieve research independence.

NEW! Scientific focus on biology and translation research and disparities research.
Applicants may request funding for 2 or 3 years:Up to $300,000 for the initial 2 years; with $150,000 for a 3rd year based on 1st year progress.

Opens Late May, 2010
Pre-applicationuly 15, 2010, 8pm ET Full application December 1, 2010, 8pm ET
Promise Grants
Promise Grants seek to support integrated programs of collaborative and cross-disciplinary research projects leading to the aggressive translation of scientific discoveries into interventions and strategies that have the greatest potential to significantly reduce breast cancer incidence and/or mortality.
Applicants may request funding for 3 to 5 years: Up to $6,500,000 over the timeframe of the grant.

Fellowships and Training Grants
Opens Early August, 2010 Pre-application September 15, 2010
Full application TBD
Postdoctoral Fellowships
PDF Grants seek to attract scientists into careers addressing important research questions about breast cancer, expand the skills and expertise of breast cancer researchers in training, and position trainees for independent careers conducting breast cancer research that will directly affect breast cancer patients..
Fellowships are awarded to the mentor/PI. By the start date of the grant, fellows must be no more than 3 years post-completion of his/her most recent clinical M.D. fellowship or 5 years post-completion of his/her most recent M.D. residency or Ph.D.
*Scientific focus on basic, translational, clinical and disparities research.

Applicants may request funding for 2 or 3 years: Up to $60,000 per year for the initial 2 years; with $60,000 for a 3rd year based on 1st year progress.

Opens Early August, 2010, Pre-application September 15, 2010 Full application TBD
Post Baccalaureate Training in Disparities Research
PBT-DR grants seek to support training for students very early in their careers to allow them to begin to define meaningful career paths focused on disparities in breast cancer outcomes across population groups.Up to $45,000 per student (up to 3), per year for 2 years, with a progress-based option for a 3rd year.