NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Research Bases (UG1 Clinical Trial Required)
NCI cooperative agreement awards to eligible U.S.-based cancer research organizations to serve as NCORP Research Bases that design, manage, and analyze multi-institutional cancer control, prevention, treatment, care delivery, and quality-of-life clinical studies with required clinical trial capability.
⚑ Clinical trial required. · Foreign organizations and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible; foreign components allowed. · Eligibility is limited to institutions with comprehensive cancer clinical research expertise (e.g. NCI-designated Cancer Centers, NCTN Group Operations Centers, or associated cancer foundations).
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 70 strong | technical depth: substantial; funds applied research |
| IPPRA | 58 good | portfolio topics: public_health, climate_weather; social/behavioral work is substantial; funds applied research; biomedical core — IPPRA health lane is communication/crisis/policy (capped); clinical-trial/biomedical core — IPPRA angle is policy/community (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 30 weak | funds applied research; deep-tech content |
Description
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is one of three NOFOs for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP). NCORP is designed to enhance generalizability and dissemination of clinical trial and other human subject research study results through accrual in a variety of community settings. The purpose of NCORP is to engage cancer patient populations, those at risk of cancer, and organizations in rigorous studies focused on cancer control, prevention, treatment and care delivery.NCORP is a community-based research network that:Designs and conducts clinical trials and other human subject studies for adults and children in cancer control, prevention, screening, and care delivery, as well as quality-of-life studies embedded within treatment trials;Enhances patient and provider access to treatment and imaging trials conducted under the National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN);NCORP will support the following components that will be individually awarded through the respective Request for Applications (RFAs) indicated below:NCORP Research Bases (UG1 Clinical Trials Required)(covered by this NOFO);NCORP Community Sites (UG1 Clinical Trials Not Allowed); andNCORP Academic Community Sites (UG1 Clinical Trials Not Allowed).NCORP Research Bases will serve as the program's research hubs and are expected to:Provide an established organizational structure, with scientific and statistical leadership for developing, implementing, and analyzing multi-institutional cancer control, prevention, and care delivery (CCP&CD) clinical research, as well as quality-of-life studies embedded in treatment and imaging studies.Assume responsibility for study operations and data management, including efficient protocol development; compliance with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) regulatory and participant protection requirements; auditing; training; quality assurance; and support to Community Sites and Academic Community Sites.Be based at institutions with comprehensive cancer clinical research expertise (e.g., NCI-designated Cancer Center, or healthcare research organization – including NCI's National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) Group Operations Centers, or a cancer foundation associated with a NCTN Group).
Eligibility
Refer to Section III. Eligibility Information in the NOFO for additional information on eligibility.Foreign Organizations/Foreign Collaborations:Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) are not eligible to apply.Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.
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View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: National Institutes of Health <NCORP@mail.nih.gov>
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