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American Recovery & Reinvestment Act at NCI: Creating New Research Opportunities and Impacting Citizens' Lives

Creating Jobs and Finding Cures

Highlights

President Barack Obama Addresses Recovery Act Investment in TCGA
September 30, 2009
Enabling The Cancer Genome Atlas
to Map 20 Cancers
Read more 7
Watch the President's speech 8

Comparative Effectiveness Grants in Genomic and Personalized Medicine
As part of the Recovery Act, NCI recently funded seven research and research infrastructure Grand Opportunities.
Read more 9

Making the Investments

Recovery Act funds enable NCI to move closer to the strategic vision of accelerating cancer research and advancing innovations. In keeping with the spirit of the Recovery Act, NCI has identified seven key objectives that present the greatest potential for fulfilling this strategic vision.
Read About NCI's 7 Key Objectives >> 1

Major Initiatives

NCI's ARRA funding is helping to significantly enhance cancer research, and deliver jobs, scientific investment and patient benefits directly to communities around the country.

ACTNOW 10
Funding 37 early phase clinical trials of promising new molecularly targeted treatments		 The Cancer Genome Atlas 11
Understanding cancer-associated genetic changes
NCCCP 12
A network of community cancer centers exploring ways to bring the latest, most advanced cancer care to Americans where they live		 Cancer Centers Program (P30 Grants) 13
NCI-designated Cancer Centers are recognized for scientific excellence focused on cancer and cancer-related problems.

Learn more about the programs receiving Recovery Act funds at NCI 2.

Recovery Act Funding at NCI

Understand how NCI intends to invest Recovery Act funds 2.

Funding Announcements 14
Find current Recovery Act funding announcements, future funding opportunities, policy, and other information related to the Recovery Act.

 Recovery Act Funding Awards 15

Awards 15
Learn more about the award process


Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/recoveryobjectives
2http://www.cancer.gov/recoveryfunding
3http://www.cancer.gov/recoverynews
4http://www.cancer.gov/recoveryfaqs
5http://www.cancer.gov/recovery/print?page=&keyword=
6http://www.cancer.gov/common/popUps/PopEmail.aspx?language=English&title=testin
g+RECOVERY+microsite+page+testing&docurl=%2frecovery2&a=965I305187&b=a45471
7http://cancergenome.nih.gov/media/news_overview.asp
8http://videocast.nih.gov/Summary.asp?File=15315
9http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/CERGPM
10http://www.cancer.gov/recoveryfunding/page6
11http://www.cancer.gov/recoveryfunding/page3
12http://www.cancer.gov/recoveryfunding/page7
13http://www.cancer.gov/recoveryfunding/page12
14http://www.cancer.gov/researchandfunding/announcements/recoveryact
15http://www.cancer.gov/recoveryfunding/page2