# 21st Century Cures Act - Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot (93.353)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/93-353-21st-century-cures-act-beau-biden-cancer-moonshot/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

21st Century Cures Act - Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot is run by Department of Health and Human Services. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $494 million in 244 grants, about $2.0 million per award.

## Objectives

To provide support for initiatives funded under the 21st Century Cures Act to support cancer research, such as the development of cancer vaccines, the development of more sensitive diagnostic tests for cancer, immunotherapy and the development of combination therapies, and research that has the potential to transform the scientific field, that has inherently higher risk, and that seeks to address major challenges related to cancer.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $114 million | 126 |
| 2022 | $113 million | 123 |
| 2023 | $91.1 million | 116 |
| 2024 | $68.2 million | 82 |
| 2025 | $108 million | 73 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. | Massachusetts | $47.7 million |
| The Washington University | Missouri | $28.8 million |
| University of Southern California | California | $25.1 million |
| The Univeristy of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | Texas | $24.4 million |
| The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | $22.9 million |
| Oregon Health & Science University | Oregon | $22.8 million |
| Yale Univ | Connecticut | $16.1 million |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Washington | $15.1 million |
| The Broad Institute, Inc | Massachusetts | $15.0 million |
| University of New Mexico | New Mexico | $14.1 million |
| Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research | New York | $13.0 million |
| The Leland Stanford Junior University | California | $10.3 million |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York | $9.7 million |
| The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco | California | $9.5 million |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | $9.3 million |
| Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope | California | $8.6 million |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Michigan | $8.1 million |
| The University of Kentucky Research Foundation | Kentucky | $7.9 million |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Texas | $6.3 million |
| The General Hospital Corporation | Massachusetts | $6.2 million |

## Open opportunities

- [Change of Recipient Organization (Type 7 Parent Clinical Trial Optional)](https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/pa-24-254-change-of-recipient-organization-type-7-parent-clinical/), closes July 12, 2027
- [Successor-in-Interest (Type 6 Parent Clinical Trial Optional)](https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/pa-24-253-successor-in-interest-type-6-parent-clinical-trial/), closes July 17, 2027