OpportunityTitle: Cancer Surveillance Data Standards and Best Practices
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligibility Information     Eligible Applicants:   &#149; American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments (federally recognized or state-recognized)  &#149; American Indian/Alaska native tribally designated organizations  &#149; Alaska Native health corporations  &#149; Colleges  &#149; Community-based organizations  &#149; Faith-based organizations  &#149; For-profit organizations (other than small business)  &#149; Hospitals  &#149; Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education)  &#149; Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education)  &#149; Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States)  &#149; Research institutions (that will perform activities deemed as non-research)  &#149; Small, minority, and women-owned businesses  &#149; State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau) .   &#149; Tribal epidemiology centers  &#149; Universities  &#149; Urban Indian health organizations  2. Special Eligibility Requirements:  &#149; Applicants must provide documentation of prior experience in developing, updating, and maintaining cancer surveillance data standards and best practices of registry operations.  &#149; Applicant must provide documentation of prior experience in providing overall management and coordination of activities of a nationwide organizational infrastructure, representing at a minimum of 25 states/territories.  &#149; Applicant must provide documentation demonstrating the capacity to partner with and bring together organizations, agencies, and stakeholders from across the country for a national workgroup comprised of all cancer surveillance standards-setting agencies and others with expert-level knowledge of cancer surveillance, informatics, and central cancer registry operations and standards.  &#149; Applicants with a nationwide organizational infrastructure will be in a unique position to satisfy required activities.  &#149; Applicants must provide documentation of intent to provide free comprehensive trainings to CDC and NPCR registry staff with the exception of annual conference meeting registration.    3. Justification for Less than Maximum Competition: Non applicable  4. Other: Other: Applicants must demonstrate organizational capacity to successfully meet the requirements of this FOA.  Applicants must have a nationwide organizational infrastructure and the capacity to bring together cancer surveillance standards-setting organizations, hospital and central cancer registries, and software developers in order to attain consensus on data item definitions, codes, format, transmission record layouts, and timeline for implementation of any changes.
Description: The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to emphasize the importance of coordination and collaboration across agencies, partner, and organizations to: &#149; Develop standards and best practices &#149; And to expand the use of electronic data reporting. Specifically, the purpose of this program is to: &#149; Support the development, promotion, maintenance, and communication of data standards for population-based central cancer registration &#149; Improve central cancer registry operations through the development and dissemination of documented best practices. &#149; Increase reporting via electronic mechanisms and meaningful use implementation. The expected outcomes of this FOA are: &#149; Standardized data reporting guidelines and best practices &#149; Improved registry operations &#149; Enhanced national cancer surveillance data &#149; Improved data timeliness, quality, and completeness Approximately $2,250,000 is available to fund one (1) program approximately $450,000 per year for a project period of up to five (5) years. Cost sharing or matching funds are not required for this program. Although there is no statutory match requirement for this FOA, leveraging other resources and related ongoing efforts to promote program continuity is strongly encouraged.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Technical Information Management Section (TIMS)
GrantorContactText: CDC Procurement and Grants Office &lt;br/&gt;(PGO) Technical Information Management Section (TIMS) &lt;br/&gt;Phone:  770-488-2700 &lt;br/&gt;E-mail: pgotim@cdc.gov &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Dates:    &#149;Letter of Intent Deadline Date:  May 10, 2013 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time    &#149;Application Deadline Date:  June 10, 2013, 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time, on www.grants.gov