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Office of Grant Development

Office of Grant Development

The mission of the Office of Grant Development at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center is to provide pre-award grant development, writing, and submission support for cancer-focused researchers.  Our Strategic goals are to:

  1. Increase the Cancer Center’s value to its members
  2. foster transdisciplinary research growth
  3. increase the Cancer Center’s contribution to institutional programs
  4. impact diversity, equity, and inclusion
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Identifying Opportunities and Facilitating Collaborative Interactions

  • Facilitating the Translational Cancer Research Forum to highlight translational resources at UC Davis
  • Organizing Translational Research Matchmaking Initiatives to foster collaborative connections
  • Coordinating disease site specific Innovation Groups to encourage peer discussions and collaborations
  • Conducting investigator outreach
  • Managing Cancer Center Pilot Project Programs
  • Broadcasting funding opportunities and navigating federal, state, and private agencies cancer-related funding mechanisms
  • Interpreting program announcements
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Developing and Refining Grant Proposals

  • Providing strategic feedback on study design, methods, and resource use
  • Preparing, editing, and reviewing individual, collaborative, and multi-PI grant proposals and budgets
  • Drafting ancillary documents (LOS, Biosketches, compliance statements)
  • Reviewing summary statements and providing guidance for grant resubmissions
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Submitting Grant Applications

  • Navigating the online grant submission process
  • Coordinating submission with Sponsored Programs
  • Serving as point-of-contact from development to submission ensuring smooth application process

To ensure adequate time for review, please submit draft materials by:

  • At least four weeks prior to the submission deadline for grant editing
  • At least six weeks before the deadline for grant development and review
  • At least eight weeks before the deadline for a comprehensive grant application including grant and budget development and submission to sponsored research
  • At least twelve weeks before the deadline for a multicomponent grant application such as programmatic grants (P series) or consortium grants (U series)
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To engage OGD:

  • Projects are accepted on a first come, first served basis
    • NCI team science grants and/or ESI grants are prioritized
  • OGD support concludes once grant is awarded
  • Post-award management is supported by PI’s home department
    • Except for large P series (P20/P50) or U series (U54, UG1, UM1) which could be managed by the Cancer Center Finance Business Office
Office of Grant Development Team Members
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