National Cancer Institute (NCI)

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Mission Statement

The NCI Mission is to lead, conduct, and support cancer research across the nation to advance scientific knowledge and help all people live longer, healthier lives.

Interest Areas

General Topics

Cancer Biology: Supports research that advances fundamental understanding of the causes and biology of cancer, including cancer genomics, to improve prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment.

Cancer Prevention: Supports cancer prevention research to identify factors that cause cancer in humans and to develop risk-reduction strategies and preventive interventions.

Cancer Screening and Early Detection Research: Supports a variety of programs designed to improve early detection and enhance cancer screening.

Cancer Treatment, Diagnosis and Prognosis: Supports research to advance cancer treatment and disease control, as well as improve diagnosis, prognosis, screening, and early detection.

Cancer Control, Population Sciences, Survivorship, and Outcomes Research: Supports research to reduce cancer burden and improve quality of life for cancer survivors through effective methodology, interventions, and dissemination on a population-wide scale.

Cancer Training: Provides support to nonprofit and for-profit institutions and to individuals for biomedical training opportunities supporting careers in cancer research. 

Assistance Listing

Assistance listings are detailed public descriptions of federal programs used across government agencies that provide grants, loans, scholarships, insurance, and other types of assistance awards. They are maintained in the System for Award Management (SAM) and can be used to search for opportunities in Grants.gov.

View NCI Assistance Listing Numbers

  • 93.393 - Cancer Cause and Prevention Research
  • 93.394 - Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research
  • 93.395 - Cancer Treatment Research
  • 93.396 - Cancer Biology Research
  • 93.397 - Cancer Centers Support Grants
  • 93.398 - Cancer Research Manpower
  • 93.399 - Cancer Control

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Title Lead ICO Participating ICOs Posted Date Expiration Date

Funding Opportunities and Notices

Search for NCI’s funding opportunities and notices

Additional Information by Funding Category

Administrative Supplements
In addition to our Administrative Supplements overview, consider the following NCI-specific information.
Administrative Supplement Interest Areas:

NCI prioritizes funding new, renewal and ongoing grants and cooperative agreements  

  • The institute has limited flexibility to support administrative supplements.
  • Given this prioritization, the number of successful administrative supplement applications will likely be low in any given year.
  • Examples of unsolicited administrative supplement requests that NCI will generally consider are replacement of critical lab equipment and resources.
Administrative Supplement Due Dates:

NCI will accept and consider administrative supplement requests at any time through July 31. Requests received after July 31 will not be considered for funding.

Administrative Supplement Contact:

Program Contacts:

  • The NCI Program Official for the parent award 

Grants Management Contact

See Also

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

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