Research Supplements to Promote Sharing Data in Cancer Epidemiology Studies (Admin Supp) | PA 17 224

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The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is offering administrative supplement funding to support investigators who already hold eligible NCI awards and need resources specifically to get their cancer epidemiology data ready for sharing. The goal of this opportunity, titled "Research Supplements to Promote Sharing Data in Cancer Epidemiology Studies (Admin Supp)" (Funding Opportunity Number PA 17 224), is to pay for the practical work required to prepare and submit individual-level data from cancer epidemiology studies into NCI-supported controlled-access repositories, especially the Cancer Epidemiology Data Repository (CEDR) and NIH's database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (dbGaP). The central idea is that making well-curated, shareable datasets available through secure, controlled systems will speed up discovery, enable new collaborations, and help researchers better understand cancer causes, identify risk factors, and improve survivorship outcomes.

This is not a standalone research grant meant to fund new scientific aims. Instead, it is an administrative supplement, meaning it adds funds onto an existing, qualifying award to cover data-sharing related tasks that might otherwise be unfunded or difficult to absorb within the parent project budget. In practice, the supplement would typically support activities like cleaning and harmonizing datasets, creating data dictionaries and documentation, formatting data to match repository requirements, addressing privacy and de-identification needs for human participant data, coordinating approvals and data use limitations, and carrying out the actual submission process into CEDR and/or dbGaP. Because the repositories are controlled-access, the focus is on making individual-level data shareable in a way that protects participants while still enabling qualified researchers to request and analyze the data.

Eligibility is oriented around domestic entities connected to eligible existing awards. The listing of eligible applicant types is broad and includes many common U.S. organizations: state, county, and local governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; independent school districts; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; tribal organizations that are not federally recognized; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); and small businesses. The opportunity also explicitly highlights categories of institutions and organizations that may apply when otherwise eligible, including Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIS), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), faith-based or community-based organizations, regional organizations, eligible federal agencies, and U.S. territories or possessions. At the same time, foreign participation is clearly limited: non-U.S. entities (foreign organizations and foreign institutions) are not eligible to apply, non-U.S. components of U.S. organizations are not eligible, and foreign components as defined by the NIH Grants Policy Statement are not allowed.

From the funding details provided, the award ceiling is listed as $100,000, indicating the maximum supplement amount anticipated per award under this announcement. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary and uses the grant funding instrument. It is associated with the health and education funding activity category and CFDA number 93.399. The original closing date shown is 2017-06-01, and the creation date is 2017-03-15, which signals that this specific posting was time-bounded to that period, though similar supplement opportunities are sometimes reissued or maintained through updated notices or related announcements.

Overall, this supplement opportunity is best understood as targeted support for responsible, high-quality data sharing in cancer epidemiology. It is designed to remove logistical and resource barriers that can prevent investigators from depositing well-documented, analyzable individual-level datasets into trusted, controlled-access NCI/NIH repositories. By doing so, NCI aims to increase the long-term value of epidemiologic studies, reduce duplication of effort, enable pooled and secondary analyses, and ultimately accelerate progress in understanding cancer etiology and improving prevention and survivorship research.

• The National Institutes of Health in the education, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Research Supplements to Promote Sharing Data in Cancer Epidemiology Studies (Admin Supp)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.399.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2017-03-15.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-06-01. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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