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NCI Director's Report

NCI’s RPG pool, cancer centers, training awards, SPOREs, and intramural research likely to face cuts in FY24

Center directors are concerned about NCI’s proposal to create a tier of centers with lower eligibility criteria

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Amid the gridlock that has seized Washington, NCI faces a grim and disturbing FY2024, the institute’s Principal Deputy Director Douglas R. Lowy said at the annual meeting of the Association of American Cancer Institutes. 

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