Deadline: 29-Sep-23
The National Institutes of Health is offering grants to Understand and Address the Survivorship Needs of Individuals Living with Advanced Cancer.
This RFA is intended to solicit applications proposing:
- observational studies to understand the trajectory of physical and psychological symptoms, patterns of care, and unmet needs; and/or
- the development and testing of interventions to improve the delivery of comprehensive survivorship care in this group of cancer survivors.
Topics
Examples of relevant research topics include but are not limited to:
- Examination of factors associated with physical and psychological symptoms (including symptom trajectories), adverse effects, and other survivorship outcomes (e.g., quality of life and functional outcomes) among individuals living with likely incurable cancer
- Determining components of survivorship care (which may include integration of oncology sub-specialties, other specialty care, palliative care, supportive care such as physical and occupational therapy, nutrition/diet, mental health, financial services, and primary care) to optimize outcomes among individuals living with likely incurable cancer
- Understanding the impact of living longer with likely incurable cancer on employment and financial concerns, given changing care trajectories and delivery of innovative, often more-costly, treatments
- Development and testing of models of survivorship care for individuals living with likely incurable cancer that can be tailored based on the needs of the survivor and health system resources and include attention to management of changing symptom trajectories, psychosocial support, care coordination, management of comorbid conditions, and/or support for the survivor/caregiver dyad
- Development of interventions to address shared decision-making in the context of prognostic awareness among individuals living with likely incurable cancer (e.g., to improve prognostic understanding in patients and caregivers, address how providers communicate prognostic information, and identify factors that influence prognostic understanding and communication)
Funding Information
- Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards: The number of awards is contingent upon NIH appropriations and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications. NCI intends to commit $32.5 million total across the fiscal years (FYs) starting in FY 2023 to fund up to 10 awards.
- Award Budget: Application budgets should reflect the actual needs of the proposed project but must not exceed $500,000 in direct costs per year.
- Award Project Period: The maximum project period is 5 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 Governments
- 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
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=340294