Recent Awards
2009 Peter T. Rowley Breast Cancer Research Projects and Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Health Research Science Board sought applications that addressed any topic or issue related to breast cancer biology, causation, prevention, detection or screening, treatment (including treatment of its effects) or cure.
Any investigative approach appropriate to the application topic could be pursued, including, but not limited to, basic, behavioral, clinical, demographic, environmental, epidemiological, psychosocial or translational research.
Awards were made to meritorious projects that would: open a new area of investigation, satisfactorily test a novel or innovative hypothesis, or produce viable data
for preparation of a full-scale research application to another organization; and postdoctoral fellowships.
HRSB recommending funding seven Rowley Projects.
The Board also recommended funding one Postdoctoral Fellowship, which was subsequently declined by the recipient
Information about recipients and projects can be found here.
2009 Patricia S. Brown Breast Cancer Education Community-Based Demonstration Projects
The Health Research Science Board sought applications from eligible Community Based Organizations (CBOs) for planning and assessment of new and innovative breast cancer education programs and materials, in collaboration with researchers from accredited academic institutions, including medical centers, medical schools, teaching hospitals, universities and schools of public health. The HRSB was interested in applications with goals to:
- increase knowledge levels concerning the causation and natural history of breast cancer;
- develop more effective two-way communication between patients and medical practitioners about breast cancer and patient concerns;
- produce more effective and sensitive educational practices among medical practitioners;
- produce medically and scientifically accurate educational programs and materials that can be shown, with evaluation results, to be effective in increasing knowledge and promoting behaviors and;
- disseminate programs that work to other communities.
HRSB recommended funding one successful applicant:
Capital Region Action Against Breast Cancer! (CRAAB!), Margaret L. Roberts, $149,942
Prior Awards
2006 Breast Cancer Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Recipients
Information about recipients and projects can be found here.