Breast Cancer Care & Research Fund

Micro-Grant Program

BCCRF Advocacy and Research Micro-grants Program

Breast Cancer Care & Research Fund (BCCRF) is proud to support community advocates and breast cancer researchers through our new micro-grants program. These awards are given to nonprofit organizations and nonprofit institutions for innovative short-term projects. The purpose of this program is to stimulate community action and engage researchers while broadening the audience for BCCRF’s work. The micro-grants projects are designed and implemented by the community/researchers themselves. The micro-grants may also be used to supplement a current effort.

BCCRF will award micro-grants of up to $1000 to non-profit organizations/institutions that successfully address one of the two strategic areas in the breast cancer arena listed below:

  1. Breast Cancer Education or Prevention: Funds can be used for the following:
    • The creation of a project that supports breast cancer education or prevention such as webinars, virtual meetings, in person events, etc.
    • The creation, translation or printing of project materials such as flyers, brochures, e-blasts etc.
    • Other related activities
  2. Breast Cancer Care Research: Funds can be used for the following:
    • Costs associated with conducting research (supplies, focus groups, interviews, surveys, consultants, etc.)
    • Publication fees (manuscripts, posters, etc)
    • Projects that provide patient education services as a result of a research project (advocacy support, dissemination of results to patients, etc.)
    • Other related activities

Check out the Micro-grant Awardees page for information about previous recipients.

2026 Schedule – Micro-grants are awarded annually

At this time, micro-grants are only available for non-profits or institutions in the United States. Download an application

  • January 19, 2026 – Applications available
  • March 27, 2026 – Applications due
  • April 17, 2026 – Grants awarded
  • March 6, 2027 – Recipients to report back with results of funding
Download an application

The BCCRF micro-grants advisory council will review all applications and utilize a matrix judging scale. Applications and scores are presented to the council for discussion. Decisions are made as a council on what to fund. Only complete applications will be considered. Submission of an application is not a guarantee for funding and it is possible that no applications are awarded funding.