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NIH funding notice PAR-18-313

Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs) in Human Cancers for years 2018, 2019 and 2020 (P50)

Closed on January 7, 2021.

Posted
October 12, 2017
Close date
January 7, 2021
Activity codes
P50
Institutes taking part
NCI, NIDCR

Read the notice on Grants.gov · NIH Guide page

The notices it replaced

  1. Reissues: PAR-14-353 Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs) in Human Cancers for Years 2015 and 2016 (P50)
  2. 2 steps back: PAR-14-031 Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs) in Human Cancer for Years 2013 and 2014 (P50)
  3. 3 steps back: PAR-12-296 Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs) in Human Cancer for Years 2013 and 2014 (P50)
  4. 4 steps back: PAR-10-003 Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs) in Human Cancer for Years 2010, 2011 and 2012 (P50)
  5. 5 steps back: PAR-08-020 Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs) in Human Cancer for the Year 2008 and 2009 (P50)

Replaced by PAR-20-305.

Who won it before

81 competing awards (new and renewals) from FY2014 to FY2025 under this notice and the notices it replaced: $177,780,030 in first-year total cost, median $2,185,000.

Most frequent study sections

  1. Special Emphasis Panel[ZCA1 RPRB-7 (M1)]15
  2. Special Emphasis Panel[ZCA1 RPRB-0 (M1)]8
  3. Special Emphasis Panel[ZCA1 RPRB-N (M1)]7
  4. Special Emphasis Panel[ZCA1 RPRB-7 (J1)]6
  5. Special Emphasis Panel[ZCA1 RPRB-C (M1)]6

Most frequent institutions

  1. UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR8
  2. SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH7
  3. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY5
  4. MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER5
  5. DANA-FARBER CANCER INST4
Competing awards under PAR-18-313 and the notices it replaced
FYProjectPIsInstitutionFirst-year costStudy section
2021The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center SPORE in Leukemia1P50CA254838-01ABDEL-WAHAB, OMARTALLMAN, MARTIN SSLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH, NY$2,350,964ZCA1
2021SPORE in Skin Cancer1P50CA261608-01AMARAVADI, RAVI KHERLYN, MEENHARD FWISTAR INSTITUTE, PA$2,323,912ZCA1
2021Epigenetic Therapies - New Approaches1P50CA254897-01A1BAYLIN, STEPHEN B.ISSA, JEAN-PIERRE J.JONES, PETER ACORIELL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH, NJ$2,269,729ZCA1
2021Developmental and Hyperactive Ras Tumor (DHART) SPORE2U54CA196519-06A1CLAPP, DAVID WSHANNON, KEVIN M.INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS, IN$2,198,683ZCA1
2021Mayo Clinic Multiple Myeloma SPORE2P50CA186781-06A1BERGSAGEL, PETER LEIFMAYO CLINIC ARIZONA, AZ$2,091,215ZCA1
2021Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program SPORE1P50CA254865-01A1KIRKWOOD, JOHN MUNNZAROUR, HASSANE MUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH, PA$2,037,632ZCA1
2021Colorado Head and Neck Cancer SPORE1P50CA261605-01JIMENO, ANTONIOWANG, XIAO-JINGUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER, CO$1,968,453ZCA1
2021Mayo Clinic Ovarian Cancer SPORE2P50CA136393-11A1KAUFMANN, SCOTT HMAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER, MN$1,762,703ZCA1
2021Roswell Park Ovarian Cancer SPORE2P50CA159981-07A1MOYSICH, KIRSTEN B.ODUNSI, KUNLEROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP, NY$1,716,101ZCA1
2021SPORE in Prostate Cancer2P50CA180995-06A1ABDULKADIR, SARKI A.HUSSAIN, MAHA HNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO, IL$1,656,783ZCA1
2020DF/HCC Kidney Cancer SPORE2P50CA101942-16KAELIN, WILLIAM G.MCDERMOTT, DAVIDBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, MA$2,543,224ZCA1
2020Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Ovarian Cancer SPORE grant1P50CA240243-01A1D'ANDREA, ALAN D.MATULONIS, URSULA ANNESPRIGGS, DAVID RDANA-FARBER CANCER INST, MA$2,483,069ZCA1
2020Yale Head and Neck Cancer SPORE: Overcoming Treatment Resistance in Head and Neck Cancer1P50DE030707-01BURTNESS, BARBARAYALE UNIVERSITY, CT$2,354,716ZCA1
2020MSK SPORE in Genomic Instability in Breast Cancer1P50CA247749-01POWELL, SIMON N.SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH, NY$2,257,697ZCA1
2020Yale SPORE in Lung Cancer (YSILC): The Biology and Personalized Treatment of Lung Cancer2P50CA196530-06HERBST, ROY SYALE UNIVERSITY, CT$2,207,890ZCA1
2020Targeting Lung Cancer Vulnerabilities2P50CA070907-21A1HEYMACH, JOHN V.MINNA, JOHN D.ROTH, JACKUT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER, TX$2,203,273ZCA1
2020Translational Research in Breast Cancer2P50CA186784-06ELLIS, MATTHEW JBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, TX$2,137,830ZCA1
2019Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Lung SPORE1P50CA228944-01A1HOUGHTON, A MCGARRYFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER, WA$2,491,191ZCA1
2019Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center SPORE in Breast Cancer2P50CA168504-06A1WINER, ERIC PDANA-FARBER CANCER INST, MA$2,482,574ZCA1
2019Dana Farber/ Harvard Cancer Center SPORE in Gastrointestinal Cancer2P50CA127003-11A1BASS, ADAM JOELEL-BARDEESY, NABEELDANA-FARBER CANCER INST, MA$2,450,827ZCA1
2019SPORE: Targeted Therapies for Glioma2P50CA165962-06A1BATCHELOR, TRACY TBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, MA$2,438,174ZCA1
2019Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center SPORE in Gastrointestinal Cancer1P50CA236733-01COFFEY, ROBERT J.VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, TN$2,368,006ZCA1
2019The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Hepatocellular Carcinoma1P50CA217674-01A1BERETTA, LAURAKASEB, AHMEDUNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR, TX$2,296,647ZCA1
2019SPORE in Multiple Myeloma2P50CA100707-16A1ANDERSON, KENNETH C.MUNSHI, NIKHIL C.DANA-FARBER CANCER INST, MA$2,276,698ZCA1
2019MD Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Gastrointestinal Cancer1P50CA221707-01A1KOPETZ, SCOTTMAITRA, ANIRBANUNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR, TX$2,275,719ZCA1
2019SPORE in Breast Cancer2P50CA098131-17A1MAYER, INGRID APIETENPOL, JENNIFER AVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, TN$2,218,149ZCA1
2019Duke SPORE in Brain Cancer2P50CA190991-06ALI-OSMAN, FRANCISSAMPSON, JOHN H.DUKE UNIVERSITY, NC$2,087,874ZCA1
2019The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Melanoma1P50CA221703-01A1HWU, PATRICKUNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR, TX$2,083,190ZCA1
2019SPORE in Brain Cancer2P50CA127001-11A1FUEYO, JUANLANG, FREDERICK FUNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR, TX$2,069,263ZCA1
2019NYU Melanoma SPORE1P50CA225450-01A1OSMAN, IMANWEBER, JEFFREY SNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, NY$2,063,466ZCA1
2019Emory University Lung Cancer SPORE1P50CA217691-01A1FU, HAIANRAMALINGAM, SURESH SEMORY UNIVERSITY, GA$1,853,913ZCA1
2019Michigan Prostate SPORE2P50CA186786-06CHINNAIYAN, ARUL MHEATH, ELISABETH ILJASPALAPATTU, GANESH SUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR, MI$1,783,426ZCA1
2019UCLA SPORE in Prostate Cancer2P50CA092131-16A1REITER, ROBERT EUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, CA$1,708,652ZCA1
2019SPORE in Cervical Cancer2P50CA098252-16WU, TZYY-CHOOUJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, MD$1,279,343ZCA1
2018City of Hope Lymphoma SPORE2P50CA107399-11A1 · under PAR-14-353FORMAN, STEPHEN JKWAK, LARRY WBECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE, CA$2,500,000ZCA1
2018Yale SPORE in Skin Cancer2P50CA121974-11A1 · under PAR-14-353BOSENBERG, MARCUS WKLUGER, HARRIET M.YALE UNIVERSITY, CT$2,500,000ZCA1
2018SPORE in Gastrointestinal Cancers2P50CA062924-24A1 · under PAR-14-353KLEIN, ALISON PJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, MD$2,500,000ZCA1
2018SPORE in Breast Cancer2P50CA058223-24A1 · under PAR-14-353EARP, H. SHELTONPEROU, CHARLES MUNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL, NC$2,499,932ZCA1
2018Brain Tumor SPORE Grant2P50CA097257-16 · under PAR-14-353BERGER, MITCHEL S.UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, CA$2,498,496ZCA1
2018SPORE in Ovarian Cancer1P50CA228991-01 · under PAR-14-353SHIH, IE-MINGJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, MD$2,492,537ZCA1
2018Mayo Clinic Hepatobiliary SPORE1P50CA210964-01A1 · under PAR-14-353MC NIVEN, MARK A.ROBERTS, LEWIS RMAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER, MN$2,300,000ZCA1
2018SPORE for Translational Approaches to Brain Cancer1P50CA221747-01A1 · under PAR-14-353LESNIAK, MACIEJ SNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO, IL$2,300,000ZCA1
2018Specialized Program Of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Leukemia.2P50CA171963-06 · under PAR-14-353LINK, DANIEL CWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, MO$2,299,839ZCA1
2018SPORE in Bladder Cancer1P50CA221745-01A1 · under PAR-14-353BAJORIN, DEAN F.SOLIT, DAVID B.SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH, NY$2,299,837ZCA1
2018SPORE in Soft Tissue Sarcoma1P50CA217694-01A1 · under PAR-14-353SINGER, SAMUELSLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH, NY$2,286,505ZCA1
2018The Pacific Northwest Prostate Cancer SPORE2P50CA097186-16A1 · under PAR-14-353NELSON, PETER SFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER, WA$2,157,062ZCA1
2018SPORE University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center-Leukemia2P50CA100632-16 · under PAR-14-353ISSA, JEAN-PIERRE J.KONOPLEVA, MARINA YUNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR, TX$1,392,864ZCA1
2017SPORE in Lymphoma2P50CA126752-11 · under PAR-14-353BRENNER, MALCOLM K.HESLOP, HELEN EBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, TX$3,097,657ZCA1
2017Case GI SPORE2P50CA150964-06A1 · under PAR-14-353MARKOWITZ, SANFORD D.CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, OH$2,375,000ZCA1
2017Lymphoma Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Human Cancer2P50CA097274-16 · under PAR-14-353WEINER, GEORGE J.WITZIG, THOMAS E.UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, IA$2,375,000ZCA1
2017SPORE in Myeloid Malignancies1P50CA206963-01A1 · under PAR-14-353EBERT, BENJAMIN LEVINESTONE, RICHARD MBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, MA$2,185,000ZCA1
2017UCLA SPORE in Brain Cancer1P50CA211015-01A1 · under PAR-14-353LIAU, LINDA MUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, CA$2,185,000ZCA1
2017Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) SPORE in Prostate Cancer1P50CA211024-01A1 · under PAR-14-353RUBIN, MARK A.WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV, NY$2,184,999ZCA1
2017U.T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Ovarian Cancer1P50CA217685-01 · under PAR-14-353BAST, ROBERT CSOOD, ANIL KUNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR, TX$1,732,856ZCA1
2016Mayo Clinic Breast Cancer SPORE2P50CA116201-11 · under PAR-14-353GOETZ, MATTHEW PHILIPINGLE, JAMES NEWELLMAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER, MN$2,350,000ZCA1
2016SPORE in Prostate Cancer2P50CA092629-16 · under PAR-14-353SCHER, HOWARD ISLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH, NY$2,349,999ZCA1
2016MD Anderson Cancer Center Prostate Cancer SPORE2P50CA140388-06A1 · under PAR-14-353LOGOTHETIS, CHRISTOPHER J.THOMPSON, TIMOTHY CHARLESUNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR, TX$2,259,759ZCA1
2016Washington University SPORE in Pancreatic Cancer1P50CA196510-01A1 · under PAR-14-353HAWKINS, WILLIAM GWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, MO$2,186,724ZCA1
2016Head and Neck Cancer SPORE at the University of Wisconsin1P50DE026787-01A1 · under PAR-14-353HARARI, PAUL MUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON, WI$2,170,679ZCA1
2016MSK SPORE in Lymphoma1P50CA192937-01A1 · under PAR-14-353YOUNES, ANASZELENETZ, ANDREW D.SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH, NY$2,162,000ZCA1
2016The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center SPORE in Kidney Cancer1P50CA196516-01A1 · under PAR-14-353BRUGAROLAS, JAMESUT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER, TX$2,162,000ZCA1
2016MD Anderson Gynecologic SPORE for Uterine Cancers2P50CA098258-11A1 · under PAR-14-353BROADDUS, RUSSELL RLU, KAREN HSIEHUNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR, TX$2,162,000ZCA1
2015Developmental and HyperActive Ras Tumor SPORE1U54CA196519-01 · under PAR-14-031CLAPP, DAVID WSHANNON, KEVIN M.INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS, IN$2,384,507ZCA1
2015Neuroendocrine Tumor Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Human Cancer1P50CA174521-01A1 · under PAR-14-031O'DORISIO, M. SUEUNIVERSITY OF IOWA, IA$2,185,000ZCA1
2015Mayo Clinic Multiple Myeloma SPORE1P50CA186781-01A1 · under PAR-14-031BERGSAGEL, PETER LEIFMAYO CLINIC ARIZONA, AZ$2,185,000ZCA1
2015Head and Neck Cancer SPORE2P50CA097190-11 · under PAR-14-031FERRIS, ROBERT L.GRANDIS, JENNIFER RUBINUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH, PA$2,185,000ZCA1
2015Yale SPORE in Lung Cancer (YSILC): The Biology and Personalized Treatment of Lung Cancer1P50CA196530-01 · under PAR-14-031HERBST, ROY SYALE UNIVERSITY, CT$2,185,000ZCA1
2015DF/HCC Kidney Cancer SPORE2P50CA101942-11A1 · under PAR-14-031KAELIN, WILLIAM G.MCDERMOTT, DAVIDBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, MA$2,185,000ZCA1
2015SPORE in Prostate Cancer1P50CA180995-01A1 · under PAR-14-031CATALONA, WILLIAM JNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO, IL$2,185,000ZCA1
2015Mayo Clinic Ovarian Cancer SPORE2P50CA136393-06A1 · under PAR-14-031KAUFMANN, SCOTT HMAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER, MN$2,184,999ZCA1
2014SPORE in Skin Cancer1P50CA174523-01A1 · under PAR-12-296HERLYN, MEENHARD FWISTAR INSTITUTE, PA$2,162,000ZCA1
2014SPORE in Lung Cancer2P50CA058187-19A1 · under PAR-12-296BUNN, PAUL A.UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER, CO$2,162,000ZCA1
2014Translational Research in Breast Cancer (SPORE)1P50CA186784-01 · under PAR-12-296OSBORNE, C KENTBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, TX$2,162,000ZCA1
2014SPORE in Pancreatic Cancer2P50CA127297-06A1 · under PAR-12-296HOLLINGSWORTH, MICHAEL A.UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER, NE$2,162,000ZCA1
2014Mayo Clinic SPORE in Pancreatic Cancer2P50CA102701-11A1 · under PAR-12-296PETERSEN, GLORIA M.MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER, MN$2,162,000ZCA1
2014SPORE in Prostate Cancer1P50CA186786-01 · under PAR-12-296CHINNAIYAN, ARUL MUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR, MI$2,162,000ZCA1
2014SPORE in Cervical Cancer2P50CA098252-11 · under PAR-12-296WU, TZYY-CHOOUJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, MD$2,162,000ZCA1
2014Duke SPORE in Brain Cancer1P50CA190991-01 · under PAR-14-031ALI-OSMAN, FRANCISSAMPSON, JOHN H.DUKE UNIVERSITY, NC$2,162,000ZCA1
2014SPORE: Developing New Rationale, Personalized Medicine for Lung Cancer2P50CA070907-16A1 · under PAR-12-296MINNA, JOHN D.ROTH, JACKUT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER, TX$2,161,999ZCA1
2014SPORE in Thyroid Cancer1P50CA172012-01A1 · under PAR-12-296FAGIN, JAMES ASLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH, NY$2,008,466ZCA1
2014SPORE in Prostate Cancer2P50CA058236-19A1 · under PAR-12-296NELSON, WILLIAM GEORGEJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, MD$1,877,328ZCA1

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