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Mission
The mission of the Division of Cancer Biology (DCB) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is to ensure continuity and stability in basic cancer research while encouraging and facilitating the emergence of new ideas, concepts, technologies and possibilities.DCB strives to achieve this goal by promoting a balance between the continued support of existing research areas and selective support of emerging research areas.Providing guidance, advice, funding information and financial support to grantees and applicants maintains continuity while reducing their administrative burden.The expansion of new research areas is encouraged through a range of initiatives and funding mechanisms sponsored by the DCB.The scientific discoveries from this research base are critical to the goal of the NCI since they form the intellectual and scientific foundation on which strategies for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer are developed.
Division Function
The overall responsibilities of the branches of DCB include: (1) providing scientific management of a portfolio of grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts in areas relevant to cancer biology; (2) facilitating investigator-initiated research by working with individual investigators, professional societies, and research institutions to provide information, advice, and guidance on opportunities for research support; (3) identifying and addressing needs in scientific areas, through discussions, meetings, workshops/conferences, and a variety of mechanisms of support and assistance; (4) communicating to scientists areas of special interest and scientific opportunity; (5) reporting on scientific progress and program accomplishments to the scientific community, the Institute, the Congress, and the public; (6) providing stewardship of the Federal investment in biomedical research; and (7) establishing program priorities that promote the opportunities identified in the NCI Bypass Budget.
The objectives of the DCB research program are accomplished through a variety of extramural support mechanisms (“Everything you wanted to know about the NCI Grants Process”), including: traditional research project grants (R01), program project grants (P01), Shannon Awards (R55), Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Awards (R37), Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants (R43/R44), Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR; R41/R42) grants, Academic Research Enhancement Awards (AREA; R15), conference grants (R13), research and development contracts (N01/N02), Activities to Promote Research Collaborations (APRC), Exploration / Development Grants (R21/R33), and Small Grants (R03).
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