Project Grant AR54978BIL

This $498,372 Project Grant awarded by the National Cancer Institute (CFDA 93.395 - Cancer Treatment Research) to William Beaumont Hospital, doing business as Beaumont Health, aims to develop a novel multi-approach dynamic spot scanning proton arc optimization framework for Spot-Scanning Proton Arc (SPARC) therapy. SPARC therapy is an emerging proton therapy modality that has shown potential clinical benefits for a wide range of cancer disease sites. The key challenges this project seeks to...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $189,744 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, CA. The funding will support the construction of facilities and expansion of cancer care services, particularly for underserved communities, over a 3-year period ending September 29, 2026. The City of Hope, a renowned non-profit cancer research and treatment center, will use the grant funds to...

This $981,000 Project Grant award under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Inc. in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The funding will be used solely for moveable equipment to be housed at the new Jack and Sheryl Morris Cancer Center, which will be New Jersey's first freestanding cancer hospital. The 12-story facility will provide inpatient, outpatient and ancillary services, as...

The Hodgeman County Health Center was awarded a $4,000,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The purpose of this grant is to expand and renovate the existing Hodgeman County Health Center facility in rural western Kansas, including a 4,752 square foot expansion and 3,238 square foot renovation. This will allow the relocation and consolidation of the rural health clinic into the main hospital building,...

This Project Grant award from the National Cancer Institute (CFDA 93.395 - Cancer Treatment Research) provides $1,006,599 to Weill Medical College of Cornell University from September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2029 to expand NCI-sponsored clinical research in hematologic malignancies to the Brooklyn and Queens regions of New York City. The funding supports the integration of interdisciplinary research at the Meyer Cancer Center to address cancer prevention, treatment, and educational outreach...

This $4,301,002 Project Grant award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) under the Cancer Centers Support Grants program (CFDA 93.397) is supporting the University of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Institute's (UR/Wilmot) comprehensive cancer research, education, and clinical care initiatives. The grant aims to advance cancer science, including identifying factors that support myelodysplastic syndrome, defining the role of geriatric assessment in medical oncology, harnessing the immune system...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) under CFDA 93.393 - Cancer Cause and Prevention Research is supporting a project titled "Collaborative Oncology: Preparing for a Multisite Trial to Facilitate Communication between Radiation Oncologists and Radiologists in Cancer Treatment Planning and Surveillance". The $248,194 award to Wake Forest University Health Sciences will fund the development and implementation of a novel workflow called...

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded a $171,163 Project Grant (CFDA 93.393 - Cancer Cause and Prevention Research) to the University of Texas at Arlington to conduct a systematic examination of the impact of rural hospital closures on cancer outcomes and racial disparities among Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with lung, breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers. The study aims to (1) assess the effects of rural hospital closures on cancer screening, diagnosis, treatment, mortality, and...

This $658,743 Project Grant award from the National Cancer Institute (CFDA 93.393 - Cancer Cause and Prevention Research) to Kaiser Foundation Hospitals aims to develop and validate prediction models for trajectories of function, cognition, and quality of life among adults aged 65 and older with advanced non-small cell lung cancer during up to 6 months of chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy. The 5-year project builds on an ongoing observational cohort study of 130 older adults with advanced lung...

The Union County Health & Wellness Network, dba Northeast Network of New Mexico (NEN-NM), received a $249,942 Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (CFDA 93.912) on August 1, 2025. The grant will fund a project called "One Over Cancer" to improve cancer-related outcomes and reduce disparities in Union County and Colfax County, New Mexico over a four-year period ending on July 31,...