“Broken pipeline” of funding could slow innovation, spell end of surgeon-scientists, study finds

In the Headlines: What’s in Trump’s draft budget?

A confidential Trump administration budget document obtained by The Cancer Letter called for a 40% budget cut to NIH and a restructuring of the 27 existing NIH institutes and centers down to just eight. But what else is in it?

April 23, 2025

Vol.51 No.15

Trump administration seeks to slash NIH by roughly 40% as 27 institutes and centers are whittled down to eight
NCI to remain intact, but its finances are uncertain; FDA is spared big cuts

Confidential Trump administration budget documents show that the upcoming FY26 Budget Request will radically cut about $50 billion out of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, reshuffling agency components, and slashing the number of NIH institutes and centers to just eight.

Trump administration says Harvard funding freezes will spare affiliated hospitals

Harvard University lawyers rejected the Trump administration’s demand to change the school’s leadership, student disciplinary policies, admissions and hiring, and end diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.

April 18, 2025

Vol.51 No.15

Podcast

In The Headlines: Private funding can’t replace federal funding—but it can help

In the absence of the federal funding, cancer research will be leaning on private funders. But few private funders have the freedom to ask fundamental questions—questions whose answers may not have an immediate clinical impact but can dramatically advance scientific knowledge.

April 09, 2025

Vol.51 No.13

In Brief

Cancer Research Institute commits $2.5M to fund postdoc fellowships

The Cancer Research Institute is committing $2.5 million in reserve funding to support an additional postdoctoral fellowships in the face of federal instability.

March 28, 2025

Vol.51 No.12

Funding Opportunities

The Stephenson Global Prize and Stephenson Global Scholar Grants calls for nominations, letters of intent

The Stephenson Global Pancreatic Cancer Research Institute, established to advance early detection, innovative treatments, and groundbreaking research for pancreatic cancer, has launched a call for nominations and Letters of Intent for two award opportunities.

March 14, 2025

Vol.51 No.10

“Broken pipeline” of funding could slow innovation, spell end of surgeon-scientists, study finds

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“Broken pipeline” of funding could slow innovation, spell end of surgeon-scientists, study finds

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In the Headlines: What’s in Trump’s draft budget?

Trump administration seeks to slash NIH by roughly 40% as 27 institutes and centers are whittled down to eightNCI to remain intact, but its finances are uncertain; FDA is spared big cuts

Trump administration says Harvard funding freezes will spare affiliated hospitals

In The Headlines: Private funding can’t replace federal funding—but it can help

Cancer Research Institute commits $2.5M to fund postdoc fellowships

The Stephenson Global Prize and Stephenson Global Scholar Grants calls for nominations, letters of intent

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Trump administration seeks to slash NIH by roughly 40% as 27 institutes and centers are whittled down to eight
NCI to remain intact, but its finances are uncertain; FDA is spared big cuts