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NIH funding notice RFA-CA-18-020

Research Answers to National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Provocative Questions (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

Closed on October 30, 2018.

Posted
March 9, 2018
Close date
October 30, 2018
Activity codes
Not stated on the notice page
Institutes taking part
Not stated on the notice page

Read the notice on Grants.gov · NIH Guide page

The notices it replaced

Its page was not saved, so the notices it replaced are not known.

Who won it before

16 competing awards (new and renewals) from FY2014 to FY2025 under this notice and the notices it replaced: $3,038,336 in first-year total cost, median $191,409.

Most frequent study sections

  1. Special Emphasis Panel[ZCA1 RTRB-U (J1)]4
  2. Special Emphasis Panel[ZCA1 RTRB-R (J2)]2
  3. Special Emphasis Panel[ZCA1 SRB-5 (M1)]2
  4. Special Emphasis Panel[ZCA1 SRB-K (M1)]2
  5. Special Emphasis Panel[ZCA1 RTRB-U (M1)]1

Most frequent institutions

  1. STANFORD UNIVERSITY2
  2. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES1
  3. RESEARCH INST OF FOX CHASE CAN CTR1
  4. SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH1
  5. SRI INTERNATIONAL1
Competing awards under RFA-CA-18-020 and the notices it replaced
FYProjectPIsInstitutionFirst-year costStudy section
2019(PQ8) Predictive biomarkers for the onset of immune-related adverse events associated with PD-1 blockade1R21CA231277-01A1MOR, ADAMCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES, NY$262,440ZCA1
2019Oncogenic Synapses: cell-cell contacts enabling trogocytic-based metabolic interactions between pancreatic cancer and fibroblastic stromal cells1R21CA231252-01A1ASTSATUROV, IGORCUKIERMAN, EDNARESEARCH INST OF FOX CHASE CAN CTR, PA$236,146ZCA1
2019Leveraging cancer-specific defects in nuclear integrity to inform novel synthetic lethal strategies1R21CA231269-01A1KING, MEGAN CLUSK, CHARLES PATRICKYALE UNIVERSITY, CT$218,588ZCA1
2019(PQ8) Biomarker identification by mass cytometry in peripheral blood of patients with renal cell carcinoma undergoing immune checkpoint therapy1R21CA231280-01A1FANTL, WENDY JANELEPPERT, JOHN THOMASSTANFORD UNIVERSITY, CA$205,799ZCA1
2019(PQ5) Assessing the contribution of mitochondrial heterogeneity to gliomagenesis using single cell approaches1R21CA227483-01A1GAMA, VIVIANVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, TN$204,885ZCA1
2019Altered Histidine Metabolism in Pancreatic Cancer: A Novel Metabolic Target to Enhance Gemcitabine Efficacy1R21CA238953-01RACHAGANI, SATYANARAYANAVISWANATHAN, SARASWATHIUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER, NE$202,561ZCA1
2019Methionine Dependency of Cancer1R21CA242270-01KAISER, PETERUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE, CA$201,623ZCA1
2019Targeting Multiple Colorectal Cancer-Specific Enhancers1R21CA231109-01A1PTASHNE, MARK SSLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH, NY$195,315ZCA1
2019(PQ 12) The Regulation of Physical Function and Skeletal Muscle Metabolic Signaling After Cessation of 5-Fluorouracil Treatment1R21CA231131-01A1CARSON, JAMES AUNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR, TN$187,502ZCA1
2019Microbiota and the anti-tumor action of anti-CD47 immunomodulation.1R21CA231273-01A1WEICHSELBAUM, RALPH RUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, IL$176,175ZCA1
2019Understanding Sex Disparities in Gliomas Through Sex Differences in Mitochondrial Activity1R21CA242221-01IPPOLITO, JOSEPH EDWARDWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, MO$170,783ZCA1
2019The prognostic landscape of gender- and ethnicity-specific immune influences on cancer outcomes1R21CA238971-01GENTLES, ANDREW J.STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CA$170,194ZCA1
2019(PQ5) Mitochondrial Transfer in Tumor Heterogeneity and Acquired Resistence to Therapy1R21CA227480-01A1TEITELL, MICHAEL AUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, CA$169,650ZCA1
2019Response to PQ12 - Using thiol isomerase inhibitors to diminish cancer induced thrombosis1R21CA231000-01A1KENNEDY, DANIEL ROBERTZWICKER, JEFFREYWESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY, MA$164,060ZCA1
2019Implications of Driver Mutations for Progression of Hepatocellular Carcinoma1R21CA219461-01A1GABA, RON CSCHACHTSCHNEIDER, KYLEUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO, IL$139,053ZCA1
2019Identification of Synthetic Lethal Partners of Cancer Germline Mutations using Pan-Cancer Human Primary Tumor Data1R21CA231111-01A1SHI, YIHUISINHA, SUBARNASRI INTERNATIONAL, CA$133,562ZCA1

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