Grant Information
Research & Grants
At Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, we are committed to ending breast cancer forever by energizing science to find the cures and ensuring quality care for all people, everywhere. Our global research and grants programs are essential driving forces for achieving this mission. Our programs include:
Our Research Programs play a critical role in energizing science to find the cures by funding research that will speed the translation of discoveries into reductions in breast cancer mortality and/or incidence within the next decade and by training investigators at critical stages of their career to ensure sustained discovery. The impact of our research investments are evident in every major advance in breast cancer over the past 25 years. Annually, we support many different types of research grants, each designed to meet specific objectives and to optimize results. Requests for Applications (RFAs) are issued in April for research grants and September for training grants. Applications proceed through a rigorous scientific peer review processes that involves leading scientists, clinicians, and advocates. Once awarded, our grantees become part of a unique science management process that engages our researchers and sustains accountability. Advocate participation in peer review is extended to involvement in many of these ongoing research projects and to other scientific activities through our Advocates in Science program.
Scientific Advisory Council
Susan G. Komen for the Cure appoints a new Scientific Advisory Council comprised of distinguished scholars and leaders in breast cancer who have made significant contributions to advancing the field or who demonstrate significant promise of leading the field with important advances in the future. Members of the Council will participate in scientific peer review, chair and participate in think tank meetings and state-of-the-science reviews, participate in developing evidence-based policy positions, and provide advice on educational approaches and materials, trainings, and new programs. Members will serve two year, renewable terms and be expected to contribute approximately 100 to 120 hours each year to Komen activities. In recognition of scholarly contributions to research advances and service as a member of the Advisory Council, full members will receive an annual research grant totaling $250,000 and associate members will receive an annual research grant totaling $175,000.
For more information on Komen for the Cure’s national grants,
please click here: http://komen.org/grants
Susan G. Komen Detroit Race for the Cure® Local Grant Program
Seventy-five percent of the proceeds from the Susan G. Komen Detroit
Race for the CureŽ remains in the local community. Funds support breast
health education and breast cancer screening and treatment programs
for the medically underserved in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.
The remaining monies, approximately twenty-five percent fund breast cancer research
and project grants awarded through Komen for the Cure.
Overview
Affiliates of Susan G. Komen for the Cure represent one of the nation’s
largest funding sources for breast health and breast cancer screening,
education and treatment support programs.
The Komen Detroit Race for the CureŽ, through its local presenting
sponsor the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, offers grants for
innovative projects in the areas of breast health and/or breast cancer
education/outreach, screening, or treatment support projects targeting
services not otherwise available to the medically underserved
communities of the Metropolitan Detroit area.
Community Profile
Based on 2011 Community Profile data, the following needs were identified by the team as having the highest priority. All Komen Detroit 2011 Race for the Cure grant applications must address one or more of the following funding priorities:
- Increase the proportion of breast cancer diagnoses at earlier stages by promoting early detection, including screening mammography.
- Increase awareness of breast cancer risk factors and promote education and self-advocacy for women for women of elevated risk to seek appropriate services through their health care providers.
- Promote timely and complete breast cancer screening follow up and treatment by reducing financial, individual, provider and other barriers to care (i.e. transportation, parking, temporary bridge insurance, co-pays, etc.).
Please email raceforthecure@karmanos.org if you need more information.
