Data Transformation Grants

For projects that employ novel approaches to enhance the collection, integration and use of cancer data in Canada. Funded projects should demonstrate specific actions that can be scaled and sustained to improve the cancer data ecosystem. These may be pilot or proof-of-concept projects that show incremental progress towards one of the three priorities, or full-scale implementation studies that have completed a successful pilot and align with the priorities identified in the cancer data strategy.

Projects focusing on solutions to other issues related to cancer data are eligible, as long as the issue is justified in the application and addresses concerns related to accessibility, completeness, quality and/or timeliness of cancer data in Canada.

Visit the Canadian Cancer Society website for more information on the Data Transformation Grants.

Value and Duration

• Pilot and proof-of-concept: up to $125,000 total (approximately six grants) for a one-to-two-year period.
• Post-pilot, full-scale study: up to $150,000 per year (approximately four grants) for a three-year period.

Indirect costs are not eligible and equipment requests cannot exceed 15% of the requested budget.

Eligibility

A principal applicant and a team with the appropriate expertise and experience — including with the proposed methodology, the evidence-based intervention (where relevant) and with the community being engaged — are eligible to apply. The Canadian Cancer Society encourages multidisciplinary teams to apply or coordinate submissions.

Teams should include:

• Implementers and decision-makers (cancer agency and registry leaders and staff, healthcare administrators, community-based or other practitioners, policymakers)
• Patients, survivors and caregivers with lived experience
• Health professionals
• Provincial and territorial champions

Deadlines

Dates are subject to change.

• Abstract registration (non-competitive): February 2026 (anticipated)
• Full application: May 2026 (anticipated)

Special Requirements

Evidence of access to any required data repositories (e.g., letter of permission, data sharing agreement) must be provided.

How to Apply

1. Submit an internal Carleton Approval Form through our central awards management database cuResearch.
2. Submit an external application via the Canadian Cancer Society portal in accordance with the dates above. Review the full application guide for navigating the portal.

Contact Us

Katie Harriman: katie.harriman@carleton.ca