1. NCI Support for Centers
Robert Croyle, Ph.D.
Director
DCCPS
Most investigators here are very familiar with NCI and DCCPS tables of organization, research resources and funding priorities. So I thought I would focus on NCI support for research centers as a backdrop of our support for the CPCRN.

2. FY2004 Budget: $4,723,893,000

3. NCI Cancer Centers Program

7. NCI/NIEHS Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers
Homepage: DCCPS Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program

8. Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers
Study the prenatal-to-adult environmental exposures that may predispose a woman to breast cancer
Funded jointly by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Cancer Institute
$5 million a year over seven years / $35 million
Funded Centers:
University of Cincinnati
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
University of California, San Francisco
Michigan State University, East Lansing

12. Matt Kreuter is a CPCRN PI

13. Summary
NCI (& DCCPS) support many research centers focused on discovery
CPCRN different in its primary focus on moving discovery into delivery
CPCRN also represents an important opportunity for CDC and NCI to coordinate and collaborate on cancer control research support