# Cancer Centers Support Grants (93.397)

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Cancer Centers Support Grants is run by Department of Health and Human Services. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $2.8 billion in 330 grants, about $8.6 million per award.

## Objectives

To provide an organizational focus and stimulus for the highest quality cancer research that effectively promotes interdisciplinary cancer research aimed toward the ultimate goal of reducing cancer incidence, mortality and morbidity. The Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) provides the resources and infrastructure to facilitate the coordination of interdisciplinary programs across a broad spectrum of research from basic laboratory research to clinical investigation to population science. The CCSG supports salaries for scientific leadership of the Center, shared resources for funded center investigators, certain administrative costs, planning and evaluation, and developmental funds for new recruitments and feasibility studies.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $525 million | 227 |
| 2022 | $549 million | 238 |
| 2023 | $594 million | 257 |
| 2024 | $589 million | 250 |
| 2025 | $592 million | 236 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research | New York | $143 million |
| The Univeristy of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | Texas | $130 million |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. | Massachusetts | $127 million |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Maryland | $89.7 million |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Washington | $88.3 million |
| The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco | California | $81.5 million |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Tennessee | $71.9 million |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | North Carolina | $68.4 million |
| The Washington University | Missouri | $61.0 million |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Michigan | $58.6 million |
| Northwestern University | Illinois | $58.5 million |
| Mayo Clinic Jacksonville (a Nonprofit Corporation) | Minnesota | $57.6 million |
| University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | Pennsylvania | $55.4 million |
| The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | $52.6 million |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Texas | $51.3 million |
| The Leland Stanford Junior University | California | $49.9 million |
| Yale Univ | Connecticut | $48.0 million |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Texas | $47.5 million |
| University of California, Los Angeles | California | $46.9 million |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Alabama | $42.2 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
- [Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32)](https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/pa-25-168-ruth-l-kirschstein-national-research-service-award-nrsa/), closes May 4, 2028
- [Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award Extension Request (Type 4 eSubmission Clinical Trial Optional)](https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/par-25-324-method-to-extend-research-in-time-merit-award/), closes September 7, 2028
- [Cancer Center Support Grants (CCSGs) for NCI-designated Cancer Centers (P30 Clinical Trial Optional)](https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/par-25-444-cancer-center-support-grants-ccsgs-for-nci-designated/), closes September 25, 2028
- [NIH Collaborative International Research Project (Parent PF5 Clinical Trial Optional)](https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/pa-26-002-nih-collaborative-international-research-project-parent-pf5/), closes May 7, 2029
- [NCI Research Specialist Award for Core and Laboratory-based Scientists (R50 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)](https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/par-27-088-nci-research-specialist-award-for-core-and-laboratory/), closes not stated
- [Cancer Center Support Grants (CCSGs) for NCI-designated Cancer Centers (P30 Clinical Trial Optional)](https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/par-26-149-cancer-center-support-grants-ccsgs-for-nci-designated/), closes not stated
- [Investigator-Focused Award (Parent R35)](https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/par-28-037-investigator-focused-award-parent-r35/), closes not stated