Office of Research

Population Heath Grant

Limited Submissions

The Population Health Program supports cancer research projects that aim to:

•              Improve health outcomes and cancer care, including equitable access to the standard of care, for populations in Washington State, especially among populations for which cancer disparities are most prevalent and/or persistent;

•              Contribute to the understanding of how biological, behavioral, environmental, social, and structural factors affect cancer-related health, especially among populations for which cancer disparities are most prevalent and/or persistent; or

•              Translate results or current knowledge into innovative interventions to improve the health of populations and eliminate cancer disparities.

Eligibility Requirements

•              Research project must aim to explore or address cancer disparities among populations

•              A hypothesis must be proposed and explored by specific research aims; proposals that solely aim to collect data to document health and cancer disparities in populations or only provide or expand services are NOT eligible

•              Applicant must have a minimum one-to-one (1:1) match of non-state of Washington funds to requested grant funds. A plan to secure the 1:1 match to the requested funds must be proposed at the time of application submission and must be secured at the time of award agreement execution.

•              For candidates who plan to request UW Provost Matching Funds, note that being selected for a limited submission does not guarantee that Matching Funds will be approved. See the full guidelines at: https://www.washington.edu/research/or/matching-funds-request/

Application Instructions

Please submit:

1. A one‐page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach

2. CV (not NIH format) of the PI

to research@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, March 16, 2022.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

2022

Deadlines
03/16/2022 UW Internal Deadline Closed
05/04/2022 OSP Deadline
04/06/2022 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

Andy Hill CARE Fund (Washington's Cancer Research Endowment)

Funding amount

$500,000

Maximum Number of Applications

3

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.