COVER SLIDE

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Research Grants 2003 2008
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
University of Washington Seattle, WA
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA
Dana Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA
University of Massachusetts Medical School,
Worcester, MA
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA
Tufts University Boston, MA
Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
New York University New York, NY
State University of New York Buffalo, NY
Columbia University New York, NY
Northwestern University Chicago, IL
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
University of California San Francisco, CA
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
Indiana University Indianapolis, IN
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD
Washington University St. Louis, MO
Duke Medical Center Durham, NC
University of California Los Angeles, CA
University of Alabama Birmingham, AL
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, AZ
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
Career Development Award (23) Fellowship/Young
Investigator Award (6) Pilot Grant (9)
Note 38 grants awarded to 25 institutions across
the United States.
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Research Grants 2003 2008
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
University of Washington Seattle, WA
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA
Dana Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA
University of Massachusetts Medical School,
Worcester, MA
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA
Tufts University Boston, MA
1,056,800
Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
New York University New York, NY
State University of New York Buffalo, NY
902,200
Columbia University New York, NY
Northwestern University Chicago, IL
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
220,000
University of California San Francisco, CA
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
Indiana University Indianapolis, IN
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD
Washington University St. Louis, MO
Duke Medical Center Durham, NC
University of California Los Angeles, CA
631,000
818,000
University of Alabama Birmingham, AL
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, AZ
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
Career Development Award (23) Fellowship/Young
Investigator Award (6) Pilot Grant (9)
Note 38 grants awarded to 25 institutions across
the United States.
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Research Grants 2003 2008
1,056,800 12 Grants (3 Pilot, 6 CDA, 3
Fellowship/YIA) 8 Institutions
902,200 9 Grants (5 Pilot, 4 CDA) 5 Institutions
818,000 8 Grants (6 CDA, 2 Fellowship/YIA) 4
Institutions
220,000 2 Grants (2 CDA) 2 Institutions
631,000 7 Grants (1 Pilot, 5 CDA, 1
Fellowship/YIA) 5 Institutions
Career Development Award (23) Fellowship/Young
Investigator Award (6) Pilot Grant (9)
Note 38 grants awarded to 25 institutions across
the United States.
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Application Submissions 2008 2007
(79 increase in total applications)
Note The decline in 2008 CDA applications likely
reflects the tendency for eligible researchers to
opt to apply for Pilot Grants during that year.
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Total Annual Funding 2003 2008
( grants in parentheses)

(4)
In addition to the 4 CDA and 1 YIA referenced
here, the funding reported in this figure
includes a 100,000 grant to PRCT.
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Grants by Field of Interest 2003 2008 (
grants in parentheses)

Note Basic Research focuses on understanding
disease progression.
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Funding Levels by Field of Interest 2003 2008
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Grantee
Specialty 2003 2008
Note One of the grantees received two separate
awards and is counted twice under the category
Clinician Researcher.
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Grantee Ethnicity 2003 2008
(16)
(1)
(2)
Note Asians include Chinese, Japanese, Korean
and Indian. Several Caucasian grantees are
foreign born. (They were born in Israel, Romania,
France, Germany, and Canada.)
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Grantee Gender 2003 2008