BCAN’s Patient-Centered Clinical Research Award

Now open for application submissions. Please see additional details below.

What is the Patient-Centered Clinical Research Award?

This Patient-Centered Clinical Research Award (PCCRA) 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) and/or nurses 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 may be new to Patient-Centered Care (PCC) research or may have prior PCC-related research experience. However, the applicant may not currently serve, or have previously served, as a principal investigator on major independent PCC research awards (e.g., NIH R01 or equivalent).
• Applicants may have received major independent research funding, including NIH R01 or equivalent, in other areas of research, regardless of career stage or seniority.
• Applicants must have a primary Co-Investigator, with patient-centered clinical research expertise, within or approved by the sponsoring institution.

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?

Now open for application submissions, due December 2, 2026, by 5:00pm ET.

Guidelines and Instructions

View this PDF for complete award PCCRA guidelines and instructions.

How to Apply

Follow this link to the PCCRA application in ProposalCentral.

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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