Capacity Building Core: Growing City of Hope-UCR cancer research collaborations
Official title: Core 4: Shared Resource - Capacity Development
Funded at Beckman Research Institute/city of Hope · NIH-11415818 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This grant funds a capacity-building program to help City of Hope and UC Riverside researchers, especially early-career investigators, work together on cancer research and clinical trials.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Beckman Research Institute/city of Hope NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Duarte, United States) |
| Project start | September 22, 2023 |
| Project end | August 31, 2028 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $176,001 |
| NIH project number | 5U54CA285116-04 |
| Project ID | NIH-11415818 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Researchers at UCR (including ESIs) and City of Hope investigators who collaborate on cancer research may benefit from shared mentorship and resources.
✕Less likely to help
Patients are not directly enrolled in this grant, which funds collaboration and infrastructure; benefits come through enhanced research capacity.
What this research studies
The program provides mentorship, shared resources, and small pilot funding to foster joint projects between City of Hope and UC Riverside. It focuses on expanding UCR researchers’ ability to develop drugs and run clinical trials by connecting them with senior CoH researchers and translational resources. Mini-Pilots offer $100K per year to co-develop promising ideas, with targeted grant-writing coaching and 1:1 guidance on available resources. The goal is sustainable collaborations that lead to independent NIH funding.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, patients could see faster development of new cancer therapies and access to novel clinical trials through stronger cross-institution collaboration.
How similar studies have gone: Similar capacity-building collaborations have shown potential to boost translational research and grant success when cross-institution partnerships are structured and mentored.
Where this research is happening
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Beckman Research Institute/city of Hope
Duarte, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Seewaldt, Victoria L. — Beckman Research Institute/city of Hope
- Study coordinator: Seewaldt, Victoria L.
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.