The Florida Breast Cancer Foundation strives to fund breast cancer research projects that have the potential to make a significant impact on breast cancer, particularly in multidisciplinary and/or multi-institutional collaborations.
Donor Name: Florida Breast Cancer Foundation (FBCF)
State: Florida
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/13/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Florida Breast Cancer Foundation (FBCF), along with those who generously support them with their talent, time and resources, is working to better the lives of those facing Breast Cancer in the Florida community. Grants are awarded in support of innovative education and research programs throughout Florida.
FBCF believes that collaborative research is the path to making extraordinary leaps in the future of breast cancer, and by working together, they will make a difference and change the breast cancer landscape.
2025 Priority Areas
- Basic, clinical (including novel diagnostic/therapeutic modalities), and translational breast cancer research.
- Understanding the links between environmental factors and breast cancer in Florida.
- Novel epidemiological studies to provide insight on opportunities for improving breast cancer detection and treatment in Florida.
- Psycho-immunologic mechanisms and breast cancer progression: implications for improving outcomes.
- Innovative awards and idea grants.
2025 Special Emphasis Areas
- Vulnerable populations/disparities
- Comorbidities/treatment-related adverse side effects
- Age-associated breast cancer studies
- Genetic screening and risk assessment.
Funding Information
- The Florida Breast Cancer Foundation is currently offering scientific grants for Pilot Program research projects, with a maximum of $100,000 for a one-year project. Preference will be given to new/first time applicants and to research applications that are a reflection of a collaborative and integrated multidisciplinary approach. The committee reserves the right to place limitations on awards.
- Innovative projects can be in the areas of: basic, clinical, and translational breast cancer research and novel epidemiological studies of breast cancer, research on possible links between breast cancer and the environment, and psycho-immunological research as examples.
Eligibility Criteria
Only Florida-based non-profit community-based organizations that are tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3), Florida governmental entities, Florida-based tax-exempt educational institutions, and Indian tribes within the State of Florida, are eligible to apply for funding. Organizations registered as 501(c)(3) entities outside of Florida are eligible to apply if a physical presence is maintained within the state of Florida that is open and fully operating for 12 months a year. All activities funded through this competition must occur in Florida. All work must occur, and all funds must be spent in Florida at the applicant organization and any collaborating entities within Florida. Applications must be submitted in English.
Restrictions
- Applicants must ensure that all past and current FBCF grants or awards are up-to-date and in compliance with FBCF’s contract and reporting requirements. If the organization has an open Scientific award with FBCF, the award must be current and due to be completed by the end of the grant period, to be eligible to apply for the new grant cycle.
- Research must be conducted in the State of Florida.
- Funds will be limited to $100,000 for 1 year including a maximum of 20% for indirect costs.
- Patient care costs and equipment costs are exempt from indirect costs (IDCs) calculations.
- When calculating salaries use the most current NIH cap.
- LOI must be submitted by due date. Grants that do not submit an LOI will not be accepted. Note that submission of an LOI is non-binding.
- If the applicant or any of its key employees, directors, officers, or agents are convicted of fraud or any crime involving other financial or administrative impropriety within the preceding 12 months, the applicant is not eligible to apply for a grant during the current funding cycle, and will not be eligible to apply for a new grant until the applicant can demonstrate that appropriate remedial measures have been implemented to mitigate any criminal conduct occurring in the future.
For more information, visit FBCF.
