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FY27 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 anticipated to be available for the FY27 (beginning July 1, 2026) 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. Instead, funds will be distributed based on progress towards contracted objectives, or deliverables. 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 FY27 Survivorship Grant comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). We acknowledge the CDC for its support of 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, 2026Call for proposals released. Application period open.
May 20, 2026Applications due to [email protected] by 11:59 p.m. CDT.
June 30, 2026Awards announced (tentative).
Subcontract development and execution begins.
July 1, 2026Project period begins, contingent upon Iowa HHS’s receipt of the designated CDC funds.
50% of awarded funds released upon subcontract signing.
Nov 12, 2026 (tentative)Mid-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, 2027*Project period ends.
June 5, 2027Final 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 meeting project objectives.
• Number of cancer survivors and/or caregivers impacted by project.
• Counties reached through the project.
• Sustainable changes that resulted from the project.
• Other significant outcomes to date.
*Note: the project period is eleven months.

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. Free memberships are available by selecting the “scholarship” option at sign up.

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

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

How To Apply

  • Please carefully review the scoring rubric beginning on page 5 to ensure a successful application.
  • Complete and email the application below to [email protected] by 11:59 p.m. CST on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
  • Late submissions will not be accepted.