The 2010 Professional Judgment Budget Request
The National Cancer Institute's research portfolio encompasses thousands of grants it funds in universities and cancer centers across the United States and internationally — along with the studies conducted by a cadre of government scientists in the Institute's own laboratories. The numbers you see on this page represent the NCI's professional judgment on potential budget increases — additions to NCI's research portfolio in the first year of increased funding — that could hasten our research progress against cancer, bringing new therapies, earlier detection and better prevention techniques to all people.
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New Investments
(dollars in millions)
Increase biomedical computing capabilities
45
Develop imaging tools
150
Invest in intramural program
100
200
Establish certified centralized tumor characterization labs
30
Create a U.S. oncology tissue bank
30
Increase drug development infrastructure
150
Invest in resources — nanoparticles, proteins, and clinical proteomics
75
Reengineer Clinical Trials
300
100
Fund early-phase pharmacodynamic studies
25
Invest in systems biology
40
Raise RPG success rate and average cost per grant
340
Expand research training opportunities
30
Increase the number of new investigators
30
Rebuild scientific infrastructure
285
120
Add a network of centers for the study of the physical sciences and cancer
50
Total Annual Increased Investment
2,100
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