Biden’s FY25 budget requests $522M increase for NCI, $1.5B for ARPA-H, $2.9B for Moonshot

The Directors: Mark Evers and Steven Libutti on riding out the tempest—and maintaining research momentum
As oncology braces for funding, Medicaid cuts, these two directors tell young investigators not to panic

“I don’t think any good cancer center director would be worth their weight in salt if they weren’t worried about something at night,” said Mark Evers, director of University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center.

July 18, 2025

Vol.51 No.28

By Paul Goldberg and Katie Goldberg

Cancer Policy

NIH says it’s moving away from animal-based models

NIH has announced that it will no longer be issuing Notices of Funding Opportunities exclusively supporting animal models.

July 18, 2025

Vol.51 No.28

By Claire Marie Porter

Funding Opportunities

Lung Cancer Research Foundation announces $3.75 million in research funding opportunities

The Lung Cancer Research Foundation announced funding opportunities to advance lung cancer research, including two new Team Science awards and an Early Career Investigator award.

July 18, 2025

Vol.51 No.28

Clinical Roundup

Enrollment begins in NCI’s Vanguard study focused on defining benefits of MCD tests

NCI has initiated a pilot study to address the feasibility of using multi-cancer detection, or MCD, tests in future randomized controlled trials.

July 18, 2025

Vol.51 No.28

In the Archives

Rick and Mary Pazdur on facing “the other side of the stethoscope”
A few months before Mary died of ovarian cancer, the couple shared how this experience shaped their perspectives on oncology

The Pazdurs in their garden with their dog, Cleo. The dog’s full name is Cleopatra, Queen of Denial.In 1999, Rick Pazdur went in for a “perfunctory” final interview at FDA. Thinking it would only take a few minutes, his wife, Mary, decided to wait and have a quick cup of coffee at a nearby restaurant—Hooters.

Supreme Court lifts lower-court freeze on RIFs

The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily lifted a lower court’s freeze on the Trump administration’s reductions in force, or RIFs, freeing the government to continue their large-scale restructuring of the federal government.

July 11, 2025

Vol.51 No.27

By Jacquelyn Cobb

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Lung Cancer Research Foundation announces $3.75 million in research funding opportunities

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The Directors: Mark Evers and Steven Libutti on riding out the tempest—and maintaining research momentum
As oncology braces for funding, Medicaid cuts, these two directors tell young investigators not to panic

Rick and Mary Pazdur on facing “the other side of the stethoscope”
A few months before Mary died of ovarian cancer, the couple shared how this experience shaped their perspectives on oncology