NIH Community Networks Program (CNP) - Centers for Reducing Cancer Disparities Through Outreach, Research and Training (U54)

Office of Grant Writing & Publications 202 Jesse Hall University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211 573 882-9500 phone 573 884-8371 fax

Limited Submission Announcement

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) invites applications for Community Networks Program (CNP) - Centers for Reducing Cancer Disparities Through Outreach, Research and Training (U54). The Community Networks Program (CNP) is designed to address the cancer burden in racial/ethnic minorities and other underserved populations by using Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR). Applications are sought for CNP Centers that will utilize the CBPR approach to reduce specific cancer disparities through a combination of outreach, research, and training. The goal of the CNP Centers is to increase knowledge of, access to, and utilization of beneficial biomedical and behavioral procedures related to cancer in areas ranging from prevention to early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship. In this CNP issuance, a particular emphasis is on high-quality intervention research involving controlled and rigorous studies. Applicant teams must be based on established partnerships between academic institution(s) and targeted community entities/community-serving healthcare organizations. The partnering community components are expected to contribute substantially to the design of the center programs proposed in the applications. The proposed centers may involve a "headquarters" site and additional locations in different geographic areas. A center with headquarters and at least four additional sites in defined geographic areas is referred to as a "National Center." Other centers, referred to as "Regional Centers," must be composed of a headquarters and two to three additional sites in defined geographical areas. This funding opportunity is open to all qualified applicants regardless of whether or not they participated in the previous CNP issuance. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) anticipates holding a pre-application meeting on October 22^nd to which all interested prospective applicants are invited.

Because MU is limited to one application for this program, letters of intent must be submitted to the Office of Research, ltdsub@missouri.edu, no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, November 13, 2009.  Letters of intent should be limited to three pages and should include 1) the targeted community and their needs, 2) a description of the proposed outreach program, 3) a description of the proposed research program, and 4) training plans.

URL for more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-09-032.html

This notice is being sent to deans, directors, and chairs in health and life science disciplines. Please forward it to other faculty members who may be interested.

All limited submission announcements can be tracked by deadline via the Calendar at research.missouri.edu or by announcement date via the Limited Submissions listing at http://research.missouri.edu/ogwp/lsa.htm.