- What is the Cancer Research Portfolio?
- What is new in this version of the CRP?
- What is the Common Scientific Outline?
- What types of information are available on the CRP?
- What current and historical data is available on the CRP?
- How often is the portfolio updated?
- What is the International Cancer Research Portfolio?
- Is funding information available on the CRP?
- Why do cooperative groups and cancer centers show up in almost every result when searching by disease type?
- Where can I find a dictionary of cancer terms?
- Are there other Web sites that provide information on NCI- and NIH-supported research?
- Are there other Web sites that provide information cancer research funding opportunities?
- Can I be notified of additions and updates to the CRP?
- Who manages the CRP?
- What is the National Cancer Institute?
- Who should I contact with questions about the CRP?
What is the Cancer Research Portfolio?
The Cancer Research Portfolio is a public Web site for information on cancer research and funding opportunities supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and participating Institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It provides one-stop access to information on extramural research grant awards, contracts, intramural studies, clinical trials and funding opportunities, including Requests for Applications, Program Announcements and Notices that appear in the NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts. In addition, the CRP provides NCI's library of Research Resources available to cancer investigators and educators at little or no cost.
What is new in this version of the CRP?
The enhanced version of the CRP, launched in March 2006, provides visitors with new features. Among these are the following:
- More Robust Portfolio. The CRP now includes information on cancer research supported by five institutes of the National Institutes of Health including the National Cancer Institute.
- Funding Opportunities. CRP users can find the projects supported by a Funding Opportunity (RFA, PA, etc.) for cancer related research.
- Research Resources. A directory of research tools, services and resources is now searchable through the CRP.
- Clearer Information about the Limits of Your Searches. Near the bottom of every Result List page, you will find information specific to the search which enables you to better interpret the results. This information includes when the data was last updated as well as any assumptions or considerations about the data.
- Integration with the ICRP. You may perform any Project Search on the International Cancer Research Portfolio (ICRP) by selecting Perform this Search on the ICRP near the top of any Project List page. See What is the International Cancer Research Portfolio? for more information.
What is the Common Scientific Outline?
The Common Scientific Outline (CSO) is a classification system organized around seven broad areas of scientific interest in cancer research:
- Biology
- Etiology (causes of cancer)
- Prevention
- Early detection, diagnosis, and prognosis
- Treatment
- Cancer control, survivorship, and outcomes research
- Scientific model systems
The CSO is helping lay the framework for better coordination among research organizations, making it easier to compare and coordinate public, private, national, and international cancer research efforts. In addition to NCI and participating NIH Institutes and Centers, the CSO is being used by the member organizations of the International Cancer Research Partners and others.
Projects, funding opportunities, and research resources included in the CRP are coded to the CSO categories and subcategories. This common coding system helps CRP visitors to search each of these different types of information using the same search terms.
For descriptions of all of the CSO categories and subcategories, including examples of types of research, please refer to About the CSO.
What types of information are available on the CRP?
The CRP provides information on cancer related projects, funding opportunities, and resources as follows:
Projects — The CRP provides information on research supported by NCI and other participating NIH Institutes and centers including research project grants, cancer center grants, contracts, active clinical trials, cooperative groups, the Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP), and NCI's intramural research.
Clinical Trials — Protocols associated with CCOPs and cooperative groups (U10s) are displayed two different ways on this site. The specific clinical research protocols included on this Web site represent open clinical trials that are currently recruiting patients. Ongoing closed and completed protocols are not included on this Web site. These can be found at Cancer Clinical Trials.
CCOP and cooperative group trials can be accessed as follows:
- On the detail page of the specific CCOP or cooperative group, select any of the related clinical trials listed.
- On a Project List that displays a table of results for a project search, clinical trials appear at the end of the list. Each research protocol is listed as an individual project.
Funding Opportunities — Funding Opportunities for cancer related research are abstracted from the NIH Guide to Grants. Funding Opportunities included in the CRP include Requests for Applications (RFA's) and Program Announcements (PA's) including Supplements (PAS's) and Revisions (PAR's). In addition, Notices (NOT) that announce upcoming opportunities are also listed in the CRP.
The CRP includes Funding Opportunities that were released since 2002, as well as older opportunities that supported research that was active in Fiscal Years 2004 or 2005 (October 1 2003 — September 30 2005).
Research Resources — The CRP provides a listing of research resources including scientific, tools, reagents and services developed by the NCI and provided for little or no cost to cancer researchers, educators, and others. Information about resources is either abstracted on an on-going basis from Notices published in the NIH Guide to Grants, or is obtained yearly or as available from the NCI Division providing the resource.
What current and historical data is available on the CRP?
The CRP provides information on current projects, initiatives and resources, as well as historical data. Specific information about what data is used in a completed search is provided at the bottom of all result list pages.
Projects — In general, the default view of currently active projects provides the most current coding available for projects that are active at that time, that were recently active, or that will be active before the end of the current Fiscal Year (running from October 1 — September 30). More specifically, the current active view includes the following projects:
- Extramural grants and cooperative agreements that have been or will be active at any time during the current ongoing Fiscal year, and which have been funded to date.
- Extramural grants and cooperative agreements that were active during the most recent complete Fiscal Year.
- Extramural contracts that were active during the most recent complete Fiscal Year.
- Intramural projects that were supported through NCI Center for Cancer Research (CCR) or the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) during the most recent complete Fiscal Year.
- Clinical trials that are active and open for patient recruitment as of the most recent update (please see How often is the portfolio updated?. Clinical Trials currently reported in this category are only those trials supported through cooperative agreements (the U10 funding mechanism), including the cooperative group and community clinical oncology program trials or the cancer centers program (the P30 funding mechanism) as reported in NCI's PDQ database.
Specific information regarding the projects that are active at the time that you perform a search is provided near the bottom of all result list pages.
In addition to projects that are currently active, the CRP allows visitors to search for projects funded during previous Fiscal Years. Information about projects included during each fiscal year, as well as any special exceptions, if provided near the bottom of all result list pages.
Funding Opportunities — The portfolio of Funding Opportunities currently includes most cancer related Requests for Applications (RFA's) and Program Announcements (PA's), including revisions (PAR's) and supplements (PAS's), that were released in FY 2002 or later and opportunities that continue to support ongoing research regardless of release year. The portfolio includes only a limited number of opportunities prior to FY 2002. Currently, the portfolio of Funding Opportunities mainly consists of initiatives in which the NCI participates, although cancer related opportunities provided by other NIH institutes and centers are now being added.
Specific information regarding the Funding Opportunities found for any search is presented near the bottom of all result list pages.
Research Resources — The default view of Research Resources includes all resources that were available at the time each was last updated. Visitors should always check each resource's own Web page to determine current availability and fees (links are provided on the Resource Detail page). Maintenance of closed Resources is new to the CRP, so the Portfolio currently includes very few resources that are no longer available.
How often is the portfolio updated?
The CRP is updated as follows:
- NCI sponsored extramural grants and Clinical Trials are updated approximately every two months.
- NCI sponsored contracts and intramural projects are updated annually.
- Research grants sponsored by participating NIH institutes and centers are updated annually.
- Funding Opportunities are published on an ongoing basis typically within a week of their availability in the NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts.
- Research Resources are added on an ongoing basis with a general update occurring annually.
Please refer to the Data Status section near the bottom of every result list for specific information on when data included in your search was last updated.
What is the International Cancer Research Portfolio?
The International Cancer Research Portfolio (ICRP) includes the portfolios of a variety of international cancer research funding organizations. For a complete listing of the member organizations, please refer to Who are the International Cancer Research Partners on the ICRP Web site.
For your convenience, once you run a project search on the CRP, you may re-run it on the ICRP simply by clicking Perform this Search on the ICRP near the top of the Project List page. Because the CRP supports a more comprehensive set of search fields, however, your ICRP search may be generalized and include more results than expected.
Is funding information available on the CRP?
Funding information is not provided on the CRP. To obtain information on NCI's funding of projects, please visit NCI's Financial Management Branch Web site. For information on NCI's plan and budget for the next fiscal year, please visit The Nation's Investment in Cancer Research.
Why do cooperative groups and cancer centers show up in almost every result when searching by disease type?
Cooperative group studies involve investigators in several institutions following common protocols. These studies focus on many cancer types at different times. The cancer centers program as a whole supports a diversity of research approaches to the problem of cancer, incorporating all applicable disciplines. They are designed to support any part of a full range of research and development from very basic to clinical activities on numerous types of cancer. Therefore, these projects may be coded to all cancer types and may appear on many result pages.
Where can I find a dictionary of cancer terms?
Select Dictionary from the bottom of any CRP page to access NCI's Dictionary of Cancer Terms.
Are there other Web sites that provide information on NCI- and NIH-supported research?
You can access information on research supported by NCI through its extramural research program at the NCI-Funded Research Portfolio site.
You can access information on NIH-supported (including NCI) research through the Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP) Database. CRISP is a searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects. Maintained by the Office of Extramural Research at NIH, CRISP includes projects funded by all NIH Institutes and Centers, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Office of Assistant Secretary of Health (OASH).
The International Cancer Research Portfolio (ICRP) provides a unified database of cancer research supported major international funding organizations, including the NCI.
The Pancreatic Cancer Research Map provides a comprehensive list of investigators and research projects relevant to pancreatic cancer, and aims to facilitate collaborations among researchers in this field.
Are there other Web sites that provide information cancer research funding opportunities?
NCI's Division of Extramural Activities provides lists of funding opportunities by type of initiative and date of release.
The NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts is published weekly and is available online.
Can I be notified of additions and updates to the CRP?
Yes. Simply subscribe to our mailing list where you can elect to receive notifications about updates to projects, initiatives, and/or research resources.
Who manages the CRP?
The CRP is managed by the NCI Office of Science Planning and Assessment (OSPA). For more information on OSPA, please visit http://planning.cancer.gov.
What is the National Cancer Institute?
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), established under the National Cancer Act of 1937, is the Federal Government's principal agency for cancer research and training. The National Cancer Act of 1971 broadened the scope and responsibilities of the NCI and created the National Cancer Program. The NCI is one of 27 separate components that make up the National Institutes of Health, one of the agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services. For more information about the NCI, please visit cancer.gov.
Who should I contact with questions about the CRP?
To submit questions or comment, please use the Contact Us form, which is available at the bottom of all CRP pages.
