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Implementation and Outcomes Research

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Application Deadline: August 6, 2025, 4:00 p.m. (PT)

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Timeline

Call for Proposals Announced: June 4, 2025

Application Deadline: August 6, 2025, 4:00 p.m. (PT)

Question & Answer Period: June 4, 2025—July 7, 2025 (9:00 a.m. PT). (Final Q&A posted July 8, 2025)

Award Notifications Anticipated: March 2026

Anticipated Start Date: May 2026

Funding Range

The total grant request (direct and indirect costs) over the project period may not exceed $1,500,000 and may not be less than $250,000*.

* This grant requires one-to-one (1:1) matching funds from a non-state of Washington source.

Eligibility

Eligible organizations may apply for and receive grants for cancer research to be conducted in Washington. Eligible organizations include but are not limited to companies, higher education institutions, research institutions, local health jurisdictions, tribal governments, tribal entities, nonprofit institutions, and Urban Indian Organizations. Applicant organizations must have a substantial presence in Washington, as determined by the CARE Board. Applicant organizations may submit up to five (5) applications for this funding opportunity, but a Principal Investigator may not submit more than one application per cycle.

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Program Overview

This Implementation and Outcomes Research grant opportunity seeks to support innovative and meritorious cancer researchers, at all levels, and teams seeking to translate promising research and scientific discoveries into effective interventions, tools, devices, technologies, or therapeutics related to cancer. This funding opportunity seeks to support the implementation or translation of innovative ideas in cancer research that significantly advances one or more of the following:

Improve cancer prevention and early detection (e.g., novel screening methods, risk reduction strategies);
Improve cancer diagnosis and treatment (e.g., implementation of more precise diagnostics, effective therapies, personalized medicine approaches); or
Improve patient outcomes and quality of life (e.g., treatment efficacy, including reduced side effects, enhance patient well-being).

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Proposed Implementation and Outcomes Research projects should focus on translating scientific discoveries and research findings into effective interventions or evaluating the outcomes of implementing such interventions in cancer research. Projects should be positioned along the translation and implementation cancer research continuum, ideally closer to the launch phase of a product or intervention or focused on assessing the impact of a product or intervention. These projects should expand current understanding and seek to create new knowledge. Projects can include a provision of services that includes quantifiable outcomes data suitable for efficacy research. As the goal of this funding opportunity is to support research on devices/therapeutics/interventions that will be used in human subjects, applicants are encouraged to involve a clinical Principal Investigator on the team, preferably during grant application development

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Implementation and Outcomes Research RFP Cycle 2

Implementation and Outcomes Research RFP Cycle 2 Application Instructions and Prompts

Project Milestones and Timeline Guidance

Project Key Personnel Form

Project Sources of Support

Project Budget Narrative Justification Guidance

Non-State Match and Allowable Cost Guidance

The Questions and Answers period is now closed.

Questions regarding this RFP were accepted after the RFP was issued through 9:00 a.m. (PT) July 7, 2025. The final Addendum addressing questions and answers was posted on July 8, 2025. CARE Fund is not able to respond to questions received after the close of the Questions and Answers period.