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FY26 Survivorship Grants

Instructions & Application

Purpose

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (Iowa HHS) and the Iowa Cancer Consortium (the Consortium) anticipate receiving funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the following activities:

  • Wellness and Social Support Among Cancer Survivors – Partner to increase support networks that offer group psychosocial support to help survivors express and manage disease-related emotions, increase social support, enhance relationships with family and physicians, and improve symptom control.
  • Cancer Survivor Caregiver Wellness – Partner to implement evidence-based interventions to foster caregiver physical and mental health, social connectiveness, and mental support for financial worries.

Successful applications will implement one or both activities.

The Iowa Cancer Plan

This funding opportunity aligns with the following priority, strategy, and actions within Chapter 5 of the Iowa Cancer Plan: Priority 3: Achieve excellent quality of life for all Iowans with cancer and for their caregivers, Strategy A: Provide non-clinical services to cancer survivors to support their quality of life.

Available Funding

In total, $75,000 is available for the FY26 Survivorship Grant. Applicants can request a minimum of $4,000 and a maximum of $25,000.

A line-item budget is not required for this application. However, please note that funds cannot be spent on food, beverages, or equipment. Equipment is defined as tangible, non-expendable personal property (including exempt property) that has a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more per unit. Funds cannot be used for lobbying. Additional funding restrictions may be included in project contracts. Funded projects must also adhere to current federal executive orders.

Funding for the FY26 Survivorship Grant comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). We acknowledge the CDC for its support of the Iowa staff, under cooperative agreement NU58DP007103 awarded to the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. The contents of this Invitation for Proposals (IFP) are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC.

Award of funds is contingent upon funds being received from CDC.

Key Dates

March 31, 2025Call for proposals released. Application period open.
April 30, 2025Applications due to [email protected] by 11:59 p.m. CDT.
May 12, 2025Awards announced (tentative).
Subcontract development and execution begins.
July 1, 2025Project period begins, contingent upon Iowa HHS’s receipt of the designated CDC funds.
50% of awarded funds released upon subcontract signing.
November 14, 2025Mid-project report due by 5 p.m. CST.
45% of awarded funds will be released upon receipt of a mid-project report showing acceptable progress on project objectives. Acceptable progress will be indicated if the information included in the mid-project report suggests likelihood that the project objectives will be met by the end of the project period.
May 31, 2026Project period ends.
June 8, 2026Final report due by 5 p.m. CDT.
The final 5% of awarded funds will be released upon receipt of a final report. The final report must contain:

  • Updates on project objectives.
  • Number of cancer survivors and/or caregivers impacted by project.
  • Sustainable changes that resulted from the project.
  • Other significant outcomes to date.

Eligibility

This opportunity is open to Iowa Cancer Consortium members only. To join the Consortium, Iowa’s comprehensive cancer control partnership, visit https://canceriowa.org/membership.

Eligible applicants for this grant opportunity include but are not limited to:

  • Not-for-profit organizations (501c3)
  • Community organizations
  • Healthcare organizations, including cancer centers
  • Local public health departments

How To Apply

  • Please carefully review the scoring rubric beginning on page 5 of the application to ensure a successful application.
  • Complete and email the application to [email protected] by 11:59 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.
  • Late submissions will not be accepted.