The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking applications for its NCI Cancer Screening Research Network: Coordinating and Communication Center.
Donor Name: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: U.S. Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/28/2023
Grant Duration: 4 years
Details:
Purpose
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is one of three FOAs that will support a comprehensive effort by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to provide infrastructure to develop the Cancer Screening Research Network (CSRN). The primary goal of the CSRN is the conduct of multi-center cancer screening trials and studies. This Network is designed to take advantage of large and diverse populations receiving routine care in a variety of healthcare settings. The CSRN will engage these populations in rigorous studies focused on cancer screening to improve early cancer detection and evaluate emerging cancer screening modalities with the ultimate goal of reducing cancer incidence, and cancer-related morbidity and mortality.
The CSRN will support the following components that will be individually awarded through the respective FOAs indicated below:
CSRN Coordinating and Communication Center (CCC; this FOA).
- CSRN CCC will provide cancer screening expertise and clinical trial leadership and is responsible for the coordination of all aspects of study operations, as well as the development and implementation of communication activities.
Goals of CSRN:
The overall goal of the CSRN is to evaluate technologies and strategies for the purpose of cancer screening in asymptomatic individuals.
To successfully achieve this goal, the CSRN must:
- Establish the organizational and administrative infrastructure of all necessary components needed to implement cancer screening clinical studies and trials, especially a large, randomized control trial for cancer screening.
- Develop cancer screening trials to evaluate emerging cancer detection modalities for clinical utility.
- Assess the clinical utility of cancer screening programs or biomarkers of detection including downstream interventions and health outcomes.
- Apply precision medicine approaches to screening using novel risk assessment tools to individualize screening protocols.
- Evaluate the effectiveness, feasibility, and scalability of screening strategies in real-world settings.
- Identify and address technical, process, and/or cultural challenges to adapt the implementation of screening strategies for diverse practice settings.
- Conduct surveillance of cancer screening in diverse populations to track progress and characterize reach and health outcomes across populations.
- Develop cancer screening studies to evaluate clinical workflow and coordination of care.
- This Network will conduct clinical trials and other types of research studies to address the clinical utility, effectiveness, implementation, and other questions related to a wide variety of established and emerging screening methods, technologies, and strategies.
Award Project Period
The maximum project period is 4 years.
Eligibility Criteria
Higher Education Institutions
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education
- Hispanic-serving Institutions
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
- Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
For-Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)
Local Governments
- State Governments
- County Governments
- City or Township Governments
- Special District Governments
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)
Federal Government
- Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government
- U.S. Territory or Possession
Other
- Independent School Districts
- Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities
- Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Faith-based or Community-based Organizations
- Regional Organizations
Foreign Institutions
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply.
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
- Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.
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