Breast Cancer
Vision - A world without breast cancer
The BCRP challenges the scientific community to design research that will address the urgency of ending breast cancer. Specifically, the BCRP seeks to accelerate high-impact research with clinical relevance, encourage innovation and stimulate creativity, and facilitate productive collaborations.
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The Breast Cancer Landscape (357kb)
This overview describes what is currently known about the most pertinent topics that are consistent with the BCRP's mission of ending breast cancer. Applicants are strongly urged to read and consider The Breast Cancer Landscape before preparing their applications.
BCRP Overarching Challenges
Considering the current breast cancer landscape and the BCRP's mission to end breast cancer, the BCRP seeks applications that address the following overarching challenges:
- Prevent breast cancer (primary prevention)
- Identify determinants of breast cancer initiation, risk, or susceptibility
- Distinguish deadly from non-deadly breast cancers
- Conquer the problems of overdiagnosis and overtreatment
- Identify what drives breast cancer growth; determine how to stop it
- Identify why some breast cancers become metastatic
- Determine why/how breast cancer cells lie dormant for years and then re-emerge; determine how to prevent lethal recurrence
- Revolutionize treatment regimens by replacing them with ones that are more effective, less toxic, and impact survival
- Eliminate the mortality associated with metastatic breast cancer
Congressional Appropriations
- $3.791 billion
FY92-FY20 -
$150 million
FY21
Funding
Summary
- 7,031 Awards in
FY92-19 - Recent Applications Recommended for Funding
Programmatic
Panels
Peer Review Participants
Breast Cancer Research Semipostal
- $26.6 million received to date
- BCRS Summary Sheet
- Breast Cancer Stamp Program Booklet
Related Videos
Era of Hope Scholars – Making Breakthroughs in Preventing Metastasis
Yibin Kang, PhD; Princeton University; Cyrus Ghajar, PhD; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterMarlene McCarthy - In Tribute
Cofounder and Volunteer Chair, Rhode Island Breast Cancer CoalitionEra of Hope, An overview of the DoD BCRP
2019 BCRP Landscape Video
News & Highlights
- Mitochondria-Targeted Copper-Depleting Nanoparticle Inhibits Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Progression in Mice
- Defense Health Program Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21)
- FY20 BCRP Recommended for Funding List
- Metabolomic Targeting of Heterogeneous Breast Cancer for Personalized Therapy Development
- New discovery in breast cancer treatment (external link)
- FY21 BCRP Funding Opportunities
- BCRP Program Summary Sheet
- More…
Vision
A world without breast cancer
Mission
To end breast cancer for Service members, Veterans, and the general public by funding innovative, high-impact research through a partnership of scientists and consumers
Last updated Friday, April 9, 2021