CCS Rural and Remote Community Cancer Screening Challenge
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire with unit
Memorial Deadline: Thursday 26th, June 2025
External Deadline: Thursday 3rd, July 2025
Description
Rural and remote communities in Canada receive less funding for healthcare and have less health infrastructure. People living in these regions are also more likely to die from cancer.
Getting screened for cancer before symptoms appear has the potential to detect cancer early, and save lives. However, in rural and remote communities, there are inconsistent approaches to informing and educating people about the importance of getting screened for cancer, and there are challenges unique to these regions that aren’t being addressed.
The Canadian Cancer Society and MaRS have launched the Rural and Remote Community Cancer Screening Challenge. This national challenge, with a total prize pool of $175,000, invites researchers, community leaders and health organizations to identify solutions to better inform, encourage and engage people from rural and remote communities to get screened for cancer, ultimately increasing participation in screening.
Submission Deadline: July 3, 2025, at 5:00 pm ET
See here for more information.