Can any institution that conducts cancer research become an NCI-designated Cancer Center?
In theory, yes, but the requirements are steep: a large cancer-relevant grant funding base; substantial institutional commitment in the form of space, resources, and authorities provided to the Center director; organization of transdisciplinary research across all scientific areas of the institution to “make the whole greater than the sum of its parts;” and, specifically for comprehensive centers, community outreach, education, and training activities. The average NCI grant base for existing centers is somewhere around $11 million, so that gives you an idea of the critical mass of research required. What impact do the guidelines issued last year have on Cancer Centers? The new guidelines were partly a response to recommendations made to NCI by the P30/P50 Ad Hoc Working Group Report, but we also introduced formatting changes and some templates to standardize data submissions. The guidelines just went into effect on February 1 and it’ll take several application cycles before we can asse
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