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CPRIT approves five recruitment awards totaling $12 million; adds survivorship research as a priority
Summary
The oversight committee approved five recruitment awards recommended by the Scientific Review Council and the Program Integration Committee, and the academic research program proposed adding cancer survivorship research as a program priority in FY2026.
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas oversight committee approved five recruitment awards recommended for FY25 cycle 25.1 and voted to authorize staff to negotiate and execute the resulting contracts. The five recommended awards, described in staff materials and SRC summaries, total about $12 million and include one Rising Star recruitment and four first-time tenure-track faculty recruitments.
Why it matters: Recruitment awards are intended to attract and retain cancer researchers and to expand research capacity at Texas institutions. The oversight committee also approved adding a new academic-priority emphasis on cancer survivorship research for FY2026.
Awardees and science highlights - Rising Star: Dr. Daniel Addison — recruited to UT Southwestern; research in cardio‑oncology with an emphasis on clonal…
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