Yosemite, an oncology-focused venture capital firm, and the American Cancer Society established the Yosemite-American Cancer Society Award with an initial commitment of $13.2 million.
The FY24 Defense Appropriations Act is anticipated to provide funding for the Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program to support innovative, high-impact cancer research.
President Joe Biden has requested an increase of $871.5 million to the overall NIH budget in FY25. Of that amount, $522 million, or nearly 60%, is slated for NCI.
Source: White HouseIn a fiery State of the Union speech designed to showcase his performance as a veteran politician, President Joe Biden leaned into his accomplishments in health care.
Kenneth C. Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel and founder of Griffin Catalyst, gifted $50 million to Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center to help fund a 12-story, 244,000-square-foot cancer research building.
The governing body of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, or CPRIT, approved $98,592,155 in grants to focus on cancer in Texas. The grants are a mix of academic research and prevention projects and represents the largest public state commitment to cancer research by any U.S. state.
Jill DeSimone, a global pharmaceutical executive, joined Swim Across America’s board of directors.
As NCI continues to hobble along on a flat budget provided by a succession of continuing resolutions, the prospects for robust funding for cancer research, rising paylines, and healthy cancer center support grants have dimmed for this fiscal year. “The extended delay in passing the FY2024 budget is disastrous for our cancer centers,” Jennifer W.... […]
As the likelihood of a flat budget increases for the 2024 fiscal year, NCI will have difficulty maintaining its current programs, the institute’s new director Kimryn Rathmell said in her inaugural NCI director’s report to members of the National Cancer Advisory Board Feb. 8.
The Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute at ChristianaCare, in partnership with the Wistar Cancer Institute, established a Caspar Wistar Bacchieri Disparities Fellowship in Cancer Population Health Science.
