Promoting Cancer Surveillance Workforce, Education, and Data Use (361560) Grant FORECAST

Promoting Cancer Surveillance Workforce, Education, and Data Use (361560) Grant

Funder: Dept. of Health & Human Services: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

This funding opportunity aims to bolster the cancer surveillance workforce through educational initiatives. By enhancing collaborations with cancer partners and developing tools for improved data quality, this program will expand the capacity of registrars. Efforts will focus on recruitment and retention, ultimately ensuring compliance with Public Law 102-515. Strengthening the cancer registrar workforce will lead to timely and accurate cancer data submission, supporting public health objectives.

This NOFO will implement educational activities to support the registry workforce, establish and maintain collaborations with cancer partners, and develop tools to support and enhance data quality and completeness. These efforts will expand registrars’ capacity, enhance recruitment and retention, and promote cancer surveillance data. The bolstering of the cancer registrar workforce will strengthen NPCR registries’ capacity to comply with Public Law 102-515, the Cancer Registries Amendment Act, and submit timely, accurate, and complete cancer data.