BCAN’s Patient-Centered Clinical Research Award

What is the Patient-Centered Clinical Research Award?

This Patient Centered Clinical Research Award supports junior-level to senior-level full-time faculty investigators who have demonstrated a commitment to improving the understanding, treatment and experience of bladder cancer patients and are launching careers in patient centered clinical research (e.g. studies of shared decision making, access to care, quality of care, quality of life, health disparities, comparative effectiveness research, patient-centered outcomes research and survivorship). Applications that include cross-disciplinary teams including Advance Practice Providers (APPs) will be favorably reviewed. This award is intended to advance new patient centered clinical research initiatives and to provide an opportunity to increase competitiveness for subsequent funding applications in this space.

Who does the PCCRA support?

• Applicants must have a doctoral degree in the biomedical sciences or a field applicable to health science research and may not currently be a candidate for a further doctoral degree.
• Eligible applicants include investigators who have experience in other areas of cancer or biomedical/health science research with promising ideas and approaches that can be applied to bladder cancer research.
• Applicants must have a full-time faculty appointment as at least the level of an assistant professor, research assistant professor, or equivalent.
• Applicants can either be new to the Patient-Centered Care (PCC) research field with no prior experience or can have participated in PCC-related work but have not yet received an R01 or equivalent level of funding.
• The applicant cannot currently or have previously served as a principal investigator on major independent patient centered clinical research awards or grants (e.g., NIH R01 or equivalent). Senior-level investigators who have received an R01 or equivalent in another area of research, including bladder cancer, are eligible to apply.

What is the scope of the award?

The PCCRA is a three-year grant totaling $250,000 that supports investigators launching careers in patient centered clinical research (e.g. studies of shared decision making, access to care, quality of care, quality of life, health disparities, comparative effectiveness research, patient-centered outcomes research and survivorship). 

When will the PCCRA be available?

• The 2025 award cycle is currently closed. Please continue to check back for updates regarding the 2026 award cycle.

Questions?

Contact us at [email protected].

More information

Learn more about the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network’s research grant program as well as additional funding opportunities.

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