Notice Number: NOT-ES-14-011

Key Dates
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Estimated Publication Date of Announcement: October 2014
First Estimated Application Due Date: January 2015
Earliest Estimated Award Date: September 2015
Earliest Estimated Start Date: September 2015

Issued by
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Purpose

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Cancer Institute intend to promote a new initiative by publishing a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOAs) to solicit applications for a Coordinating Center for the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program (BCERP). This FOA will be published in parallel with another solicitation for BCERP Windows of Susceptibility Research Projects (See NOT-ES-14-010), which together will constitute the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program (BCERP) Consortium. The BCERP Coordinating Center will provide scientific leadership as well as logistic support for the BCERP Consortium. A primary role of the BCERP Coordinating Center will be to identify opportunities for cross-BCERP collaborations and extend the transdisciplinary activities of the BCERP Consortium. The Coordinating Center will also assist in organizing Consortium meetings (including an annual scientific meeting), disseminating BCERP research findings and facilitating an internal evaluation of the Consortium.

This Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects.

This FOA is expected to be published in Fall 2014 with an expected application due date in Winter 2015.

This FOA will utilize the U01 activity code. Details of the planned FOA are provided below.

Research Initiative Details

This Notice encourages investigators with expertise in coordinating large multi-site programs, providing logistical infrastructure for such programs, facilitating and evaluating team science, and disseminating research results to begin to consider applying for this new FOA. A primary role of the BCERP Coordinating Center will be to identify commonalities in research questions being explored across BCERP Windows of Susceptibility research projects and opportunities to facilitate collaborations, oversee pilot projects, assist in exploring novel hypotheses, and thus, extend the transdisciplinary activities of the program. Although not required, evidence of scholarship in environmental health and/or breast cancer research amongst the proposed Coordinating Center team is also highly desirable.

APPLICATIONS ARE NOT BEING SOLICITED AT THIS TIME.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Caroline H. Dilworth, PhD
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Telephone: 919-541-7727
Email: [email protected]

Gary L. Ellison, Ph.D., M.P.H.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Telephone: 240-276-6783
Email: [email protected]