Breast Cancer Research Program anticipated funding opportunity for FY24

VCU Massey, MD Anderson researchers awarded $7.3M grant to launch breast cancer clinical trial

Venkata Lokesh BattulaClinton YamA multidisciplinary team of researchers at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and MD Anderson Cancer Center has been awarded a $7.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to fund a novel clinical trial targeting one of the most aggressive and hard-to-treat forms of breast cancer: metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

September 12, 2025

Vol.51 No.33

Podcast

On Capitol Hill, NIH gets congressional support and RFK Jr. gets slammed

As NIH and NCI funding is negotiated in Congress, Paul W. Thurman felt compelled to crunch some numbers. He compared the U.S.’s cumulative funding for NCI to the funding slated for ICE—the latter of which vastly outweighs the former—and asked whether the funding priorities of the federal government are properly representing the nation’s mortality.

September 10, 2025

Vol.51 No.32

Capitol Hill

House committee’s FY26 spending bill increases NCI funding by $48M, NIH by $99M
House joins Senate in rejecting Trump’s proposed 40% NIH cuts

The House is on track to join the Senate in rejecting the Trump administration’s budget proposal that would cut NIH by $18 billion.

September 05, 2025

Vol.51 No.32

By Jacquelyn Cobb and Paul Goldberg

Guest Editorial

Curing cancer or curbing immigration: A question of national morality and priority

In December 1971, President Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act and declared a “War on Cancer.” In the past 54 years, the U.S. has invested $180 billion nominally, or approximately $322 billion when adjusted for inflation, in cancer research. This investment has paid dividends with more than 100 anticancer drugs brought to market in half a century—virtually all traceable to National Cancer Institute funding.

Trump administration unlawfully terminated grants from Harvard, federal judge rules

A federal judge ruled that the Trump Administration’s move to cut research funding to Harvard University was illegal—restoring more than $2 billion and all future grants to the institution.

September 05, 2025

Vol.51 No.32

By Sara Willa Ernst

Funding Opportunities

American Lung Association invites applications for grants to transform lung health

The American Lung Association in the District announced the opening of its 2026-2027 Research Awards and Grants cycle. Researchers across disciplines are encouraged to apply.

September 05, 2025

Vol.51 No.32

Breast Cancer Research Program anticipated funding opportunity for FY24

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House committee’s FY26 spending bill increases NCI funding by $48M, NIH by $99M
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