What CPACH Does
The CPACH Program aims to achieve a stronger national cancer program and addresses challenges in cancer and cancer research, including a focus on advancing research on health drivers that contribute to differences in cancer outcomes across all populations, as well as cancer outreach and engagement. For purposes of this program, health drivers include factors such as age, socioeconomic status, education, genetics, exposures, and geographical location.
The institutions in each partnership are expected to work collaboratively to:
- Increase the capacity of cancer research of the RLIs.
- Improve the effectiveness of CCs in developing and sustaining research programs focused on advancing cancer research on health drivers that contribute to differences in cancer outcomes across all populations.
- Develop and implement cancer-related outreach and education initiatives that benefit all the surrounding communities.
Each partnership must include well-developed research projects ("Full Research Project") and pilot, exploratory projects. The partnership must target cancer research, including a focus on advancing research on health drivers that contribute to differences in cancer outcomes across all populations, as well as community outreach, and community engagement. These combined activities are expected to increase the number of peer-reviewed publications and secure independent peer-reviewed funding from NIH and other funding agencies.
It is expected that all activities should be planned to:
- Increase the participation of the RLIs in the nation’s cancer research and research education enterprise.
- Increase the competitive research capacity of RLIs.
- Increase competitive grant applications from scientists supported by the partnership.
- Increase the involvement and effectiveness of CCs in cancer research on health drivers contributing to differences in cancer outcomes across all populations and their impact on surrounding populations.
- Develop more effective outreach, engagement, and education initiatives that will impact the surrounding communities.
- Identify and share innovative methods and approaches that strengthen and sustain each partnership. Each partnership must have an Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) and a Program Steering Committee (PSC).
If you are interested in more information, contact ncicpachu54@mail.nih.gov.
CPACH Funding Mechanisms/Opportunities
The CPACH establishes its partnerships through one mechanism, the Comprehensive Partnerships to Advance Cancer Health (CPACH) (U54 Clinical Trial Optional), PAR-25-454.
Contact the CPACH U54 Program Team at: ncicpachu54@mail.nih.gov.
Project Listing
Partnerships & Locations
- City College of New York and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Visit the partnership website to learn more. - Hunter College and Temple University of The Commonwealth/Fox Chase Cancer Center
New York, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Visit the partnership website to learn more. - New Mexico State University, Las Cruces and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Las Cruces, NM
Seattle, WA
Visit the partnership websites to learn more: New Mexico State University and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center - University of Illinois Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University, and Northwestern University Lurie Cancer Center
Chicago, IL
Visit the partnership website to learn more. - Northern Arizona University and Arizona Cancer Center
Flagstaff, AZ
Tucson, AZ
Visit the partnership websites to learn more: Northern Arizona University and University of Arizona Cancer Center - Ponce Health Sciences University and Moffitt Cancer Center
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Tampa, FL
Visit the partnership website to learn more. - San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego Moores CC
San Diego, CA
La Jolla, CA
Visit the partnership website to learn more. - Tennessee State University, Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt Ingram CC
Nashville, TN
Visit the partnership website to learn more. - Tuskegee University, Morehouse School of Medicine, and University of Alabama at Birmingham O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
Tuskegee, AL
Atlanta, GA
Birmingham, AL
Visit the partnership website to learn more. - University of California, Riverside and Beckman Research Institute/City of Hope
Riverside, CA
Duarte, CA
Visit the partnership website to learn more. - University of Guam and University of Hawaii Cancer Center
Mangilao, Guam
Honolulu, HI
Visit the partnership website to learn more. - Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, University of Florida, and University of Southern California
Tallahassee, FL
Gainesville, FL
Los Angeles, CA
Visit the partnership website to learn more. - University of Massachusetts, Boston and Harvard Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
Visit the partnership website to learn more - University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences and MD Anderson Cancer Center
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Houston, TX
Visit the partnership website to learn more. - Howard University and Johns Hopkins University
Washington, DC
Baltimore, MD