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CPRIT oversight committee approves award slates, financing plan, contract renewals and new CEO hire
Summary
At its spring meeting the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas oversight committee approved Program Integration Committee award recommendations (academic and product development), authorized bond financing and LAR items, renewed a grant‑management contract with GDIT, and, after closed session, voted to hire Kristin Doyle as CEO effective July 1, 2024.
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas oversight committee met in open session and approved a package of grant awards, budget moves and contracts while also confirming personnel actions.
The committee approved the Program Integration Committee’s recommended academic research and product development awards at the PIC’s recommended level of $54,900,000, which the CEO said leaves about $57,000,000 available to award for the remainder of the fiscal year. CEO Wayne Roberts noted, “As I sit here, CPRIT has 48 full time equivalent positions filled,” and outlined staff and pipeline capacity as the committee considered multiple grant slates and associated certifications.
The oversight committee voted to approve 10 academic recruitment awards across the established‑investigator, rising‑star and first‑time tenure‑track mechanisms (the PIC’s slate), delegated contract negotiation authority to the CEO and staff, and approved budget increases for six previously awarded grants totaling $1,164,382. The committee also approved six product‑development awards—funding negotiated to about $22,000,000—and authorized CPRIT…
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