NCA Approves Major Revision In Program Project Guidelines; Smaller, Tightly Focused Grants Seen
In Brief: O’Conor Names NCI Liaison To IARC, Saunders Acting IA Director Susan Sieber DCCP Deputy
Fifty-Nine CCOP Awards Made; Payline 250, Six Funded as Exceptions
NCAB Approves, NCI Accepts Powers’ Version Of Board’s Organ Systems Recommendations
DRCCA Board Okays Four Concepts, Rejects One, Tables Two Others
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“The question isn’t whether politics will influence research. Under this proposal, that’s the point. That’s their goal.” - Pancreatic cancer breakthrough came from smart scientists making smart bets—not from politicization of science
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