Breast Cancer Research in NZ

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The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC), Breast Cancer Cure (BCC) and Breast Cancer Foundation NZ (BCFNZ) previously formed a partnership in 2013 to fund innovative research into breast cancer in New Zealand.

Through this Request for Proposals (RFP), the HRC, BCC and BCFNZ (‘the funding partners’) are seeking high quality research in breast cancer to improve and ultimately ensure survival from the disease.

This initiative is managed through the HRC's Partnership Programme, through which the HRC forms strategic partnerships with funders and stakeholders.

Applicants are invited to establish a project that will consist of two separate phases over two years (each phase lasting 12 months). In the initial 12-month phase, applicants will look to identify potential targeted and immune therapies for breast cancer with a focus on: targeted treatments, aspects of early detection, prognostic and predictive diagnoses, or preventative therapies. At the completion of the first phase, researchers will be required to submit a report outlining their research progress and detailing their research plan for the second phase. In the second 12-month phase, researchers will select and further develop what was successful from the first phase of their research.

The total budget for this research initiative is $500,000 and the funding available per proposal is up to a maximum of $250,000 over 24 months (fully-costed, exclusive of GST).
It is anticipated that projects will begin as soon as practicable, with funding available for an immediate start (from May 2018). Research proposals should realistically be able to be completed within a 24-month timeframe.

Please refer to the RFP for more information. The RFP, application forms and the application guidelines are available on the HRC website http://www.hrc.govt.nz/funding-opportunities/requests-for-proposals