Office of Research

Career Transition Awards (CTA) & Career Catalyst Research Grants (CCR)

Limited Submissions

Career Transition Awards (CTA) aim to help outstanding postdoctoral fellows and clinical fellows, working under the guidance of a mentor, to launch their competitive, independent breast cancer research careers. These awards provide up to five years of funding in two phases: Phase 1 supports the final years of mentored, postdoctoral training and Phase 2 supports the independent research of the early career, tenure-track investigators.

CTA Grant Terms: Applicant/Primary Investigator (PI) may request up to 5 years of funding totaling up to $650,000.00 over the two phases of the Award. Up to $100,000.00 per year (direct costs only) for up to two years may be requested for the first phase of the Career Transition Award to support the postdoctoral work. For the second phase of the Career Transition Award, the Applicant/PI may request up to $150,000.00 per year (direct and indirect costs) for up to three years to support independent research.

Career Catalyst Research (CCR) Grants have fostered promising breast cancer researchers who are in the early stages of their faculty careers by providing support for up to three years of “protected time” for research career development under the guidance of a Mentor Committee. We seek to support those who will emerge as the next key leaders in the fight against breast cancer.

CCR Grant Terms: Applicant/Primary Investigator (PI) may request funding of up to $150,000 per year (combined direct and indirect costs) for up to three years ($450,000).

 

 

Application Instructions

Please submit as one combined pdf labeled with PI’s Lastname, Firstname:

  1. A one‐page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach with the name of the program you are applying for.
  2. If the final application requires a statement of broader impacts, please summarize your plans to address the specific requirements on an additional page.
  3. CV (not biosketch) of the PI including past grant funding.

to limitedsubs@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, June 25, 2025. A required LOI is due to the sponsor 7/24/2025, so you will need to have your materials in to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 7/15/2025 if given the go‐ahead by the Limited Submissions review committee. If invited to send a full application, the full application due date is 10/2/2025.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

2025

Deadlines
06/25/2025 UW Internal Deadline Open
07/15/2025 OSP Deadline
07/24/2025 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

Susan G. Komen

Funding amount

$150,000 (per year, but varies by grant program)

Maximum Number of Applications

1 (from UW and 1 from Fred Hutch)

Eligible groups
  • School of Medicine

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.