FreeNCI Director's Report Lowy: Higher RPG Success Rates in 2015; Continuing Resolutions Will Slow Progress NCI awarded about 635 R01s in 2015, up from 629 in 2014, said NCI Acting Director Doug Lowy at a recent joint meeting of the National Cancer Advisory Board and the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors.December 04, 2015Vol.41 No.44