Funding Mechanism

A code assigned by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to identify the specific kind of research grant, contract, training, or fellowship (e.g., P01, Program Project Grant; N01, Research and Development Contract; K08, Clinical Investigator Award).

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Project Type

Projects in CRP are classified as one of the following general types:

  • Grant — All extramural research grants (including training grants)
  • Training — Training grants only
  • Contract — Research contracts
  • Intramural — Research projects supported by the NCI Center for Cancer Research or the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
  • Clinical Trial — Active trials supported by the NCI as reported in NCI's PDQ database. Trials in this category are limited to those that are supported through cooperative agreements (U10 mechanism), including the cooperative group and community clinical oncology program trials or the cancer centers program (P30 funding mechanism).

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Years Funded

CRP provides information on both active and historical projects. Currently Active projects (the default view) include all NCI supported research that is ongoing. Historical projects are provided for each Fiscal Year. The NCI fiscal year begins October 1 and ends September 30 (for example, FY 2004 began on October 1, 2003 and ran through September 30, 2004).

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Institution

The university or organization receiving the grant. Note that the names of institutions are listed as they were entered on the grant application--a particular institution might be included several times with different spelling and abbreviations.

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Principal Investigator (PI)

The primary investigator conducting the project. Note that the investigator's name is as entered on the grant application or as provided by the intramural division--spelling or abbreviations may change from year to year.

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Program Director

The program director representing the NCI division supporting the project.

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NCI Division or Office (Project Searches)

The NCI Division or Office supporting the project.

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NCI Division, Office or Program (Research Resource Searches)

The NCI Division, Office or Program providing the research resource.

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Funding Opportunity Status

The CRP provides information on current and historical funding opportunities and presents them in one of the following four status groups:

  • Opportunities that are currently accepting new applications
  • Announcements of opportunities that will soon open to new applications
  • Previous opportunities that are no longer accepting applications but that provided support to research that is ongoing
  • Historical opportunities that no longer support active projects

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Funding Opportunity Type

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) publishes three general types of Funding Opportunities:

  • Requests for Applications (RFA)
  • Program Announcements (PA) including supplements (PAS) and revisions (PAR)
  • Notices (NOT)

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Announcement Number

The identifier of a Funding Opportunity. Using CRP's Search Page, you may use the Announcement Number search box to find:

  • a specific Funding Opportunity by entering its announcement number on the Funding Opportunity Search Tab
  • a group of Funding Opportunities by entering a partial announcement number on the Funding Opportunity Search tab (for example, to find all NCI RFA's released in 2005, enter RFA-CA-05)
  • projects supported by a specific Funding Opportunity, by entering the full announcement number on the Project Search tab
  • projects supported by a group of Funding Opportunities, by entering a partial announcement number on the Project Search tab (for example, to find all projects supported by NCI RFA's released in 2005, enter RFA-CA-05 on the Project Search tab)

Note:  You may enter the announcement number with or without punctuation (e.g., PA-05-155 or PA05155).

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Research Resource Category

Functional groups of resources as classified by the division providing the Resource.

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