The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas awarded $60.6 million in grants to institutions across Texas, including roughly $42 million to Houston-area cancer research projects, according to an Aug. 21 news release from CPRIT.
“The grants approved … show the impact CPRIT is having across the board in cancer research,” CPRIT CEO Kristen Doyle said in the release. “We are helping Texans conquer cancer.”
The details
MD Anderson Cancer Center received nine grants totaling over $21.4 million to support two new core facilities, faculty recruitment, and cancer research across all areas, according to an Aug. 21 news release from MD Anderson.
The two new core facilities the grants will fund will advance research in spatial biology and decision science, MD Anderson President Peter WT Pisters said in the release.
“This work by our world-class scientists and clinicians reflects their unwavering commitment to our goal of ending cancer,” Pisters said in the release.
The Baylor College of Medicine received over $17 million from CPRIT, according to an Aug. 21 news release from the college.