The Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance is requesting Letters of Intent (LOl) for the 2026 Health Equity Research Grant to support research projects that promote equity, inclusivity, and evidence-based approaches to overcome the barriers faced by marginalized communities with a focus on ovarian cancers and/or related gynecologic cancers.
Opportunity Details
For the purposes of this grant, marginalized communities are defined as groups that have historically struggled with equal access to care due to gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disability status, and language barriers. They encourage researchers that are from groups underrepresented in sciences to apply, but this is not a requirement of the grant.
Research Areas
Research Projects may encompass a wide range of research areas, including but not limited to:
Funding
Grant recipients will be required to submit activation deliverables and annual progress reports (narrative and financial) throughout the life of the grant. It is expected that the project will result in peer-reviewed publication(s). Any publications or presentations of work resulting from this grant should acknowledge support from OCRA.
Letters of Intent must be submitted in English via this link by 5:00pm ET on March 26, 2025 by the Principal Investigator.
The SmartSimple website is easy to use and will lead you through the completion of the LOI. Kindly log into the website soon and familiarize yourself with the website as well as the required parts of the LOI.
Beyond basic contact information about yourself (the Principal Investigator) and any key personnel (if applicable), LOIs must include the following:
1. Scientific Abstract – Provide a summary of the proposed research project. The abstract should clearly outline your proposed research project & aims, an overview of the research team, and resources for the project to allow the reviewers a clear understanding of your proposed project. The abstract should be presented in 6,000 characters or less (including spaces). Text only; figures, images, and graphs are not permitted.
2. PI BioSketch -- A current NIH biosketch for the PI is required (must match the person submitting the LOI in SmartSimple). Please use the NIH Biosketch template available for download in SmartSimple and adhere to its instructions and space limitations.
3. Key Personnel Biosketches -- NIH biosketches should be provided for anyone you listed in SmartSimple as Key Personnel. All key personnel biosketches should be combined into one document and uploaded as a single PDF. Please use the biosketch template available for download in SmartSimple, and adhere to its instructions and space limitations.
4. Budget -- Requested total budget amount in USD for the entire grant. A detailed budget is not required during the LOI.
No figures, references, appendices, detailed budgets, or letters of recommendation or collaboration are required or accepted at this stage.
All applicants will be notified of their status in mid-May 2025. Please be sure to add [email protected] to your safe sender list in your email so you can get all emails from OCRA’s grant system. For those selected to submit full proposals, full proposals will be due mid-June 2025. For more information, see FAQs.
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