Cancer Surveillance Data Standards and Best Practices
Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-DP13-1308 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.283Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDCClosing Date: Jun 10, 2013Award Ceiling: $450,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Apr 30, 2013Funding Opportunity Description: The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to emphasize the importance of coordination and collaboration across agencies, partner, and organizations to:
Develop standards and best practices
And to expand the use of electronic data reporting.
Specifically, the purpose of this program is to:
Support the development, promotion, maintenance, and communication of data standards for population-based central cancer registration
Improve central cancer registry operations through the development and dissemination of documented best practices.
Increase reporting via electronic mechanisms and meaningful use implementation.
The expected outcomes of this FOA are:
Standardized data reporting guidelines and best practices
Improved registry operations
Enhanced national cancer surveillance data
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...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding