Cancer Research Coordinating Committee
Overview
► 849 awards since 1999
► $46M in program spending
► $85M in extramural funds leveraged by CRCC awardees
► 4 Nobel Laureates received CRCC funding
The CRCC is a systemwide, UC faculty-directed cancer research program that provides competitive intramural research awards for topics in any discipline that address any aspect of cancer. Funding for this opportunity is provided through generous donations and bequests to UC for cancer research. The CRCC provides one-year seed grants to New Assistant Professors (NAP) or established faculty (REG) on the 10 UC campuses.
Initiating Cancer Research Across Campuses and Disciplines
CRCC awards support both new and established faculty to launch cancer research projects, whether to accelerate their careers or to pivot their research in new directions. As a true systemwide resource, CRCC seed funding has reached every campus, sponsoring work across a wide range of disciplines, from biomedical sciences to behavioral research. Committed to catalyzing the next wave of breakthroughs in cancer research, the UC faculty-led committee invests in promising ideas at their earliest stages. Many awardees have gone on to secure major funding, turning these initial grants into large-scale impact.
Research Areas, 2017-present
2025-26 CRCC Bridge Grants for Cancer-related Research
In response to recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for cancer research, including large-scale terminations of NIH research grant awards, CRCC has developed a one-time, expedited bridge grant funding opportunity for researchers whose federally funded cancer research grants have recently been canceled.
This is a limited submission opportunity; each UC campus may submit up to three proposals.