Community Cancer Mini-Grants

The program may award up to $10,000 for each grant over a 12-month period and provides two funding opportunities every year. Successful applications are supported by funds from Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University’s NCI Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG), with additional support from philanthropy.

Areas of interest for funding include pilot projects that address:

• Cancers with increased incidence, disparities, vulnerable populations and/or risk factors in Georgia. These cancers include, but are not limited to lung, breast, prostate, colorectal, pancreatic or multiple myeloma.
• Risk factors including obesity, low cancer screening rates, HPV vaccination, UV exposure, tobacco use and/or poverty.
• Vulnerable populations: Black/African American, rural, low socioeconomic status, people living with HIV, uninsured populations or low health literacy/numeracy.
• Cancer survivorship including treatment related symptoms or side effects and quality of life
• Quality of cancer care such as interventions that might facilitate increased quality of care, access to quality care or access to centers of excellence or high-volume cancer centers.
• Policy relevant to cancer and reducing the cancer burden, for example tobacco control, tobacco tax or coverage of costs of care.
• Social determinants of health in Georgia which may include transportation, poverty, housing, neighborhood and environment, nutrition, physical activity, healthcare access and/or education.
• Cancer health equity, or prevention or reduction of cancer disparities.

Proposals may be considered if they are:

• Submitted by Georgia-based community or civic non-profit organizations with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, faith-based organizations, sororities and fraternities, colleges or universities, or public health and healthcare organizations
• Feasible to be completed within a 12-month project period
• Designed to implement and test an evidence-based intervention
• Focus exclusively on Georgia residents (may serve more than one county or have potential for broader application beyond Georgia)
• Have potential to impact a known/documented cancer-related problem for the targeted community or groups

Community organizations may submit only one proposal as lead Principal Investigator per funding cycle.

View RFP for proposal submission criteria and format requirements. For general inquiries, contact Emily J. Burns, MS, clinical research coordinator, via email.

Key Dates

• Deadline of Proposal Submission: August 9, 2024
• Notification of Funding Decision: October 11, 2024
• Anticipated Project Start Date: January 10, 2025