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Current Investment by Areas of Research
Extramural and Intramural Investment by Areas of Research, 2023
These investments are updated each year in May or June and reflect the investments by areas of research for the previous year. The next update will be in July of 2025 for Investments by Areas of Research for 2024.
Areas of Research | Extramural Funded | Extramural Specific | Intramural Research | Total ($) |
| Biology | 59,054,697 | 29,240,640 | 1,621,260 | 30,861,900 |
| Cause/Etiology | 25,240,798 | 10,700,535 | 2,801,280 | 13,501,814 |
| Treatment | 56,129,800 | 27,593,894 | 297,540 | 27,891,434 |
| Prevention (including Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Tobacco Control) | 13,056,200 | 6,245,750 | 3,198,000 | 9,443,750 |
| Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Prognosis | 37,828,098 | 19,957,080 | 1,675,921 | 21,633,000 |
| Cancer Control, Survivorship (including quality of life and end of life), and Outcomes Research | 35,948,900 | 19,638,200 | 3,198,000 | 22,836,200 |
| Not Categorized ‡ | 5,184,000 | 5,184,000 | - | 5,184,000 |
| Grand Total | 232,442,493 | 118,560,098§ | 12,792,001 | 131,352,099 |
*Funded Amount - The Funded Amount for each Area of Research includes 100% of the total grant amount (not listed in this table) even for grant projects that only partially focus on that Area of Research. For example, the full grant amount of a project that focuses 90% on treatment and 10% on survivorship is included in the Funded Amount for both Areas of Research.
†Specific Amount - The Specific Amount for each Area of Research is the portion of the total grant amount (not listed in this table) relevant to that specific Area of Research. For example, if a grant project focuses 90% on treatment and 10% on survivorship, 90% of the grant value will be included in the Treatment Specific Amount and 10% in the Survivorship Specific Amount. The Grand Total for the Specific Amount column is the sum of the Specific Amounts funded for all listed Areas of Research.
‡ Not Categorized - Three award mechanisms are not classified using these categories: Institutional Research Grants, Fostering Innovation Awards, and Diversity in Cancer Research Institutional Development Grants.
§ The total Extramural Specific Amount represents the research and training grants awarded during 2023. This number may not exactly match the financial reporting for research expenditures for that time.