Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research

About The Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research (PBBR)

Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Do you have a bold, innovative idea in basic science research? Then apply for a PBBR Award! The Spring 2012 Call for Proposals is here! For more information, click here. PROPOSAL DUE DATE IS JUNE 20, 2012, 5:00 PM PDT.

The Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research (PBBR) seeks to stimulate and support highly innovative basic science research at UCSF. The focus is on basic science projects of potentially high impact that are creative, risky, and transformative. We seek novel ideas for basic science projects that are more ambitious than those that receive funding from NIH and other traditional funding mechanisms.

The Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research is currently in its remarkable fifteenth year. In 2008, objective data and subjective assessments were collected from the project investigator of each grant awarded, and the outcomes are astounding. Investigators credit the Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research with engendering over $300 million in subsequent grant funding, and projects and their derivatives resulted in well over 900 publications and several patents. To view the Program 10-year retrospective report in its entirety, click here.

To read the PBBR 2012 Annual Report, click here.