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Cancer research funding

Funding for cancer research under different administrations

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Jan 18, 2026
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Which specific NIH cancer grants were terminated or frozen under the Trump administration and what studies did they fund?

The Trump administration’s interventions at NIH led to the termination or freezing of hundreds to thousands of awards covering a wide swath of biomedical research, including cancer studies; independen...

Jan 18, 2026
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How does childhood cancer research funding during Trump's presidency compare to the funding during the Obama administration?

Across the available reporting, childhood cancer research under the Trump presidency was defined by a split strategy: high-profile, targeted pledges and new data-driven programs alongside broad propos...

Jan 16, 2026
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What specific pediatric cancer networks reported lost federal funding in 2025, and what alternatives (philanthropy, private grants) filled those gaps?

In 2025 the clearest, documented loss of federal support was for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC), which the National Cancer Institute informed would not be eligible to apply for funding be...

Jan 28, 2026

Is the federal government the largest funder of cancer research?

Yes: available reporting identifies the —principally through the within the —as the single , a position repeatedly stated by NCI and NIH and corroborated by independent analyses that measure grants an...