Grants Funded

Texas leads the nation in its commitment to the war on cancer. CPRIT has funded 2090 awards for cancer research, product development, and prevention since 2010. The total amount awarded thus far is $3,805,310,781.

Recipients of CPRIT awards include 151 academic institutions, non-profit organizations, and private companies all located in Texas. The research and prevention efforts funded by CPRIT advance the health of Texans, research superiority of the state, life science infrastructure, and the Texas economy. These projects are operating in virtually all regions of the state with Texas-based employees.


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Simple: Enter your search term into the search box above the column you would like to filter, your results will automatically start to filter after you entered the third letter of your search term. For example, to see grants with a title containing coalition, enter "coalition" into the search box above Title.

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Grant IDTitleProgramPrimary Investigator/
Program Director
OrganizationCancer TypesAward DateAward Amount1
CPRIT Funded Grants
PP250004 A Virtual, Centralized Lung Cancer Screening Program for Northeast Texas Prevention Minnix, Jennifer The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Lung and Bronchus 2024/11/20 $1,497,342
PP250005 Project 80% Colorectal Cancer Screening Program Prevention Foxhall, Lewis The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Colorectal 2024/11/20 $2,499,990
PP250006 Expansion of Cancer Screening and Early Detection Services to Rural & Medically Underserved Communities Prevention Duckworth, Jessica The Rose Breast 2024/11/20 $2,500,000
PP250009 The Central Texas Colorectal Cancer Screening Program (CTX-CCSP) Prevention Shokar, Navkiran The University of Texas at Austin Colorectal 2024/11/20 $2,500,000*
PP250016 Screening and treatment for unhealthy alcohol use for cancer prevention in Central Texas - 2 Prevention Calderon-Mora, Jessica The University of Texas at Austin Alcohol-associated, Breast, Colorectal, Esophagus, Gallbladder, Head and Neck, Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct 2024/11/20 $1,000,000
PP250018 Texas Comprehensive Access & Resources for Early Lung Cancer Prevention (TEX-CARE) Prevention Zoorob, Roger Baylor College of Medicine Lung and Bronchus, Tobacco-associated 2024/11/20 $449,929
PP250019 Saved by the Scan: Lung Cancer Screening and Patient Navigation in East Texas Prevention Argenbright, Keith E The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Lung and Bronchus, Tobacco-associated 2024/11/20 $1,499,243
PP250046 The Houston Prevenir, Ayudar, Poder (PAP) Project Prevention Zamorano, Abigail The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Cervix Uteri 2024/11/20 $1,499,997*
PP240005 Preventing Tobacco Related Cancers by Expanding Capacity for Tobacco Use Interventions Within Agencies Serving Women with Behavioral Health Needs Prevention Reitzel, Lorraine The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Tobacco-associated 2024/02/21 $2,487,822
PP240011 The Advancing Breast Health among uninsured Women in Central Texas (ABH-CTX) 2 Prevention Shokar, Navkiran The University of Texas at Austin Breast 2024/02/21 $2,000,000

*Pending contract negotiation
1Any differences between announced award dollar amounts and current award dollar amounts are due to changes occurring during the contracting process, transfer of an award to a different organization or non-acceptance by recipient organization

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