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Call for Applications: HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation Community Grants Program

HERA provides support for local ovarian cancer groups via program development and through the HERA Community Grants program.

Grants are available for ovarian cancer support and awareness programs.

The HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation is now accepting applications for its Community Grants Program.

Applications are due June 3, 2013.

These $1,000 grants will be awarded to 501(c)(3) organizations for programs that improve the quality-of-life for women with ovarian cancer or raise awareness about the disease in novel and unusual ways.

The grant application deadline is June 1st of each year.  Organizations can receive support for up to 3 years in a row.

Interested grassroots and community organizations are encouraged to apply.

The HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation gives five seed grants annually of $1,000 to help organizations start programs or support existing programs.

How to apply:

Download the printable Community Grant Application  from the HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation website

Applicants must be a 501(c)(3) charitable organization

There is one grant cycle and grant applications must be received by June 3.

Please include the cover page with your application.  An electronic copy in a single PDF file can be emailed to:
Meg Steitz, Executive Director:  meg@herafoundation.org

Call for Applications: HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation Sean Patrick Multidisciplinary Collaborative Grant

Applications are due June 3, 2013.

The HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation provides funds for a project focused on the cause, early detection, treatment, and/or understanding of ovarian cancer. This annual award provides $50,000 for a cross-disciplinary project that is collaborative in nature.  The application must identify two (or more) scientists with different yet complementary skills and explain how these skills will be synergistic in addressing the ovarian cancer problem.  Applications are now being accepted for the 2013 award.

Sean Patrick, for whom this grant was named, was a champion for innovative ovarian cancer research.  She was frustrated by the disproportionate amount of government funds that went to other cancers and that the traditional chemotherapies had not changed the prognosis of ovarian cancer in decades.  To change this convention, she founded the HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation whose mission is to stop the loss of women from ovarian cancer by promoting Health, Empowerment, Research, and Awareness.  Sean believed that the therapies with the most potential would be formulated by combining great ideas from different labs and possibly different fields. This grant is in honor of her vision and aims to give scientists the opportunity to put their heads together and test ideas that may not be fundable by other agencies.

Eligibility:

Scientists and clinicians of non-profit research, medical service, and educational institutions located in the U.S. are eligible and encouraged to apply.

Applications and questions should be directed to Meg Steitz, HERA’s Executive Director, meg@herafoundation.org, or (970) 948-7360.