The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009. It is an unprecedented effort to jump-start our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a "down payment" on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century.
The Recovery Act is an extraordinary response to a crisis unlike any since the Great Depression and includes measures to modernize our nation's infrastructure, enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in greatest need.
Implementing the Recovery Act at NCI
Recovery Act Impact
NCI Director John E. Niederhuber, M.D., discusses the impact of the Recovery Act on cancer research at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research:
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is working under an accelerated timetable to create a funding plan to meet the stimulus goals set forth in the Recovery Act. Our plan will strike an all important balance between increases in the number of research grants for individual investigators - where there are long-term financial obligations for NCI - and a greater commitment to solicited, team science projects.
We have created this new area on Cancer.gov in recognition of the cancer community's interest in these programs and to gather broad input from all of NCI's stakeholders. NCI will also continue to provide updated information regarding its Recovery Act efforts through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Recovery Web site and Recovery.gov (see below).
NCI's Plan to Increase Paylines for Current Grants
Visit NCI's Recovery Act Funding Announcements page to stay informed about funding opportunities, policy, and other announcements related to the Recovery Act.
Recovery Act Impact