Community Cancer Mini-Grants

Community Cancer Mini-Grants is sponsored by Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. This program provides pilot funding for projects that implement and evaluate evidence-based interventions to improve community assessment, access, and/or outcomes related to cancer within Georgia.

Community Cancer Mini-Grants | Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Community Cancer Mini-Grants Winship's Community Outreach and Engagement provides pilot funding for projects that implement and evaluate evidence-based interventions to improve community assessment, access and/or outcomes related to cancer.

Winship's Community Outreach and Engagement Community Cancer Mini-Grants program enables Georgia-based community organizations to obtain funding to implement and evaluate an evidence-based intervention that may focus on cancer prevention, risk reduction, access to screening or treatment, survivorship, or policy that has the potential to impact the community.

Areas of interest for funding include pilot projects that address: Cancers with increased incidence, mortality, differences in outcomes, priority populations, and/or associated 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.

Priority populations: Black/African American populations, rural communities, individuals with low socioeconomic status, people living with HIV, uninsured populations, or individuals with 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. Improving cancer outcomes through increased access to prevention, screening, treatment, survivorship services, and research opportunities.

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.

The current funding cycle is closed. For general inquiries, contact Trisha Mallock, administrative director, via email . For data requests and resources, contact Christopher Turner, senior project support specialist, via email.