Grant & Licensing Opportunities In Brief
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
NCI shortage will not affect grants: National Cancer Institute funding of research project grants (RPG) will increase slightly and remain at 46% ($2.2 bil.) of overall budget, despite funding deficit in fiscal 2005. Although the NIH institute technically received a 1.8% budget increase in FY 2005, NCI has $62 mil. less than FY 2004 largely due to continuing RPG obligations, the agency stresses in the Jan. 18 NCI Cancer Bulletin. Reductions will take place outside of RPGs, training, cooperative research groups and specialized programs of research excellence. NCI's Board of Scientific Advisors, Board of Scientific Counselors and National Cancer Advisory Board are discussing how best to manage the remaining funds and how to continue to support new research...