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Seven Cancer Researchers Receive CPRIT Grants Totaling Almost $1.4 Million

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has awarded research grants to seven faculty members at Texas A&M.
May 25, 2016

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CPRIT provides funding through its academic research, prevention, and product development research programs.

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has awarded research grants to seven faculty members at Texas A&M University totaling nearly $1.4 million. The grants are among 35 new awards totaling more than $79.2 million that CPRIT announced in Austin — surpassing the halfway point of its funding authority.

Texas A&M Vice President for Research Glen A. Laine said, “CPRIT grants deliver more than financial support for cancer researchers and their projects—they provide ample evidence that Texas A&M faculty members and their research teams are making substantial advances that bolster our state’s commitment to cancer research. These and other faculty members at Texas A&M continue to produce significant innovations in cancer treatment and prevention that make the lives of Texans, the nation and the world a better place.”

All seven Texas A&M researchers received High-Impact/High-Risk grants that will contribute major new insights and ideas into the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer.

CPRIT provides funding through its academic research, prevention, and product development research programs. In 2007, Texas voters approved a constitutional amendment to establish CPRIT with $3 billion in bonds. Since 2009, CPRIT has presented 1,033 grants totaling roughly $1.57 billion to support cancer research, product development and prevention programs. Programs made possible with CPRIT funding have reached all 254 counties of the state, brought more than 100 distinguished researchers to Texas, advanced scientific and clinical knowledge, and provided more than 2.8 million life-saving education, training, prevention and early detection services to Texans.

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