The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute created the Community Partnership Program (CPP) to support the development of sustainable collaborations with Oregon communities to address community-identified cancer needs.
Donor Name: OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
State: Oregon
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/08/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Grants will fund projects anywhere along the cancer continuum from prevention and early detection to survivorship. Proposals that focus on addressing and/or are working directly with populations facing cancer-related health disparities are highly encouraged.
The mission of CPP is to work hand in hand with Oregon communities as allies in the Knight Cancer Institute’s efforts to end cancer as we know it. Through grantmaking, training/technical assistance and networking they aim to:
- Support Oregon communities in identifying and addressing their most pressing cancer-related needs.
- Enhance collaboration between Oregon communities and OHSU to address local cancer issues and cancer health disparities.
- Foster the skills and abilities of Oregon communities to ensure efforts to address local cancer issues are sustainable long-term.
Tiers
Funding is available in three different tiers:
- Tier 1: (Define need)
- Provides one-year awards to develop a local action plan through the identification of cancer priorities based on local capacity building, data collection and analysis.
- Tier 2 (Develop and Pilot)
- Provides one-year awards to develop/adapt and pilot a small program, project or activity to determine its feasibility and acceptability for addressing a priority cancer issue(s) or disparity in a specific community.
- Tier 3 (Evaluate and Sustain)
- Provides one-year awards to evaluate an approach with demonstrated feasibility/ acceptability and establish strategies for sustainability.
Funding Information
- Tier 1: (Define need)
- Up to $15,000
- Tier 2 (Develop and Pilot)
- Up to $30,000
- Tier 3 (Evaluate and Sustain)
- Up to $60,000.
Allowable Expenses
Funds may be used for the following types of expenses provided they are directly attributable to the proposed project:
- Personnel: Costs include both salary and fringe benefits.
- Consultant fees.
- Equipment: Defined as any item that has a useful life of over one year.
- Materials and supplies.
- Travel costs (excluding travel for CPP required trainings, which will be provided).
- Clinical care costs.
- Indirect costs: Include facilities and administration and/or overhead. Not to exceed 10% of the total budget (without an approved justification).
Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals affiliated with community groups/organizations, schools, government bodies, health/medical clinics, health systems or businesses may apply. OHSU employees, students, divisions or departments are not eligible to apply. Projects proposing research that directly benefits OHSU as a whole or an OHSU member/department are not eligible for funding. While the Community Partnership Program (CPP) encourages collaboration between community organizations and experts in the field, funds are not intended to solely support the work of an individual not affiliated with a community organization.
- Individuals affiliated with an academic institution or university are required to partner with a local community-based organization to ensure funds are invested into the target community. This partnership should include collaboration on proposal development and, if funded, the community partner should contribute to or lead project implementation.
- CPP may limit the number of grants made to an organization in a single cycle or cumulatively. In addition, the Steering Committee may prioritize applications that propose a unique or innovative project, thereby reserving the right to deny the funding of proposals that duplicate or are similar in scope to other previously funded and/or proposed CPP projects.
For more information, visit OHSU Knight Cancer Institute.
