NCI To Expand SPORE Grants Program to Increase Translational Research Funding
In Brief: Hopkins Gets $10 Million for Directorships, to Dedicate New Clinical Cancer Building
In Congress: DOD Cancer Research Programs Increased; Senate Passes NIH Funding Bill; Porter Won’t Seek Re-election
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Five Contracts Funded Under Unconventional Innovations Program
Tobacco Use Research Centers Funded
Funding Opportunities: NCI Grant Supplements For Mammalian Models
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