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CPRIT narrows some recruitment awards, approves 49 academic research grants
Summary
The oversight committee approved 49 academic research grant recommendations and heard program staff propose reducing some established investigator recruitment awards from $6 million to $4 million to stretch funding across more awards.
The oversight committee approved the Program Integration Committee’s recommendations for the academic research program—49 grant awards across eight slates—after hearing program staff detail priorities for fiscal year 2026 and 2027.
Doctor Hebert, presenting the academic research update, said the Scientific Review Council had recommended 32 individual investigator awards but budget constraints forced the PIC to recommend funding 28 of those at this time,…
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