Data Transformation Grants

Sponsor’s Website

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

Internal Contact

Katie Harriman: katie.harriman@carleton.ca

Deadlines

To be determined.

Overview

Data Transformation Grants are awarded to 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.

Value and Duration

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

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. Multidisciplinary teams are encouraged to apply and 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

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

Special Requirements

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

Submitting Your Application

1. Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database cuResearch. Consult the user’s manual for guidance.
2. Submit an external application to the Canadian Cancer Society through their online portal.