Health Literacy Cancer Prevention Research in Montana
GrantID: 76336
Grant Funding Amount Low: $200,000
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Amount High: $275,000
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Grant Overview
Montana's statewide laboratory workforce totals fewer than 180 full-time cancer researchers, with 70 percent concentrated in Missoula and Bozeman. Remaining counties rely on part-time faculty or out-of-state collaborators for any discovery work.
Tribal health clinics on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne reservations report vacancy rates above 40 percent for staff trained in biospecimen handling. This shortage blocks collection of longitudinal samples needed for basic studies of cancer biology in rural populations.
The grant's emphasis on hypothesis-driven projects lasting one to three years aligns with Montana's seasonal constraints, allowing fieldwork windows between October and April when roads remain passable. Awards of $275,000 cover travel stipends for technicians who must drive 300 miles round-trip between collection sites and the Montana Cancer Center.
Health literacy programs can be embedded as secondary aims within translational research protocols. Community workshops become data-gathering events that simultaneously train local staff, addressing the documented absence of permanent research coordinators outside the two university towns.
Montana's frontier designation requires explicit documentation of specimen cold-chain capacity across 23 counties, a standard not imposed on applications from Colorado or Idaho.
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