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Cover Story
By Alexandria Carolan and Paul Goldberg
Budget increases in 2020 enabled NCI to boost funding for research project grants, pushing the payline up by two percentage points from last year's level.
In Brief
![In Brief](https://cdn.cancerletter.com/media/2019/05/03155624/in-brief-3.jpg)
![In Brief](https://cdn.cancerletter.com/media/2019/05/03155624/in-brief-3.jpg)
Clinical Roundup
![Clinical Roundup](https://cdn.cancerletter.com/media/2019/05/03161627/clinical_roundup.jpg)
![Clinical Roundup](https://cdn.cancerletter.com/media/2019/05/03161627/clinical_roundup.jpg)
Drugs & Targets
![Drugs & Targets](https://cdn.cancerletter.com/media/2019/05/03161633/targets2.jpg)
![Drugs & Targets](https://cdn.cancerletter.com/media/2019/05/03161633/targets2.jpg)
NCI Trials
![NCI Trials](https://cdn.cancerletter.com/media/2019/05/03161630/CTEP.jpg)
![NCI Trials](https://cdn.cancerletter.com/media/2019/05/03161630/CTEP.jpg)
NCI Trials for September 2020
The National Cancer Institute approved the following clinical research studies last month.
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