U54 Award Mechanism

The CDRP Program was re-issued (2009 – 2013) as a National Institutes of Health U54 award mechanism. http://www3.od.nih.gov/oma/manualchapters/grants/54815/. The NIH U54 is a cooperative agreement in which the Principal Investigator retains the primary responsibility and dominant role for planning, directing and executing the proposed project, with NIH staff being actively involved as a partner with the Principal Investigator. The U54 grant mechanism is to support continued implementation of the previous CDRP program established during the U56 pilot phase by expansion or modification of their current clinical research infrastructure to maximize access of minority/underserved patient populations onto all types of NCI cancer prevention, control, symptom management, surgical, medical and radiation oncology treatment trials.  At the end of the funding period, CDRP grantees are expected to transition into existing NCI cancer disparity programs like the Division of Cancer Prevention’s Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP) [http://prevention.cancer.gov/programs-resources/programs/ccop] or NCI Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP) [http://ncccp.cancer.gov]. Substantial Federal programmatic staff involvement is intended to assist investigators during performance of the research activities

RFA CA-09-502: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/rfa-ca-09-502.html

U56 Award Mechanism

The Program was issued as a National Institutes of Health U56 award mechanism. http://www3.od.nih.gov/oma/manualchapters/grants/54815/ The NIH U56 is a cooperative agreement in which the Principal Investigator retains the primary responsibility and dominant role for planning, directing and executing the proposed project, with NIH staff being actively involved as a partner with the Principal Investigator. The U56 grant mechanism is to support planning for new programs, expansion or modification of existing resources, and feasibility studies to explore various approaches to the development of interdisciplinary programs that offer potential solutions to problems of special significance to the mission of the NIH. These exploratory studies may lead to specialized or comprehensive centers. Substantial Federal programmatic staff involvement is intended to assist investigators during performance of the research activities

RFA CA-03-018 (Reissue of CA-02-002)
Pre-Application Meeting for RFA CA-02-002