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21st Century Cures Act - Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot

Program Information

Popular name

moonshot

Program Number

93.353

Program objective

To provide support for initiatives funded under the 21st Century Cures Act to support cancer research, such as the development of cancer vaccines, the development of more sensitive diagnostic tests for cancer, immunotherapy and the development of combination therapies, and research that has the potential to transform the scientific field, that has inherently higher risk, and that seeks to address major challenges related to cancer.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    FY2017 actual total awards to be made is 48.

  2. 2018

    FY2018 actual total awards to be made is 28.

  3. 2019

    FY2019 actual total awards made is 18.

  4. 2020

    FY2020 actual awards made was 21.

  5. 2021

    FY2021 total awards made was 9.

  6. 2022

    FY2022 actual awards made were 16.

  7. 2023

    FY2023 actual awards made were 19.

  8. 2024

    FY2024 estimated total awards to be made is 0.

  9. 2025

    FY2025 estimated total awards to be made is 435.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

45 CFR 75, NIH Grants Policy Statement, SF 424

  1. Act: Public Health Service Act, Sections 301, 410 and 412, Public Law 78-410, as amended, Public Law 99-500, Public Law 100-607, 42 U.S.C. 241, 42 U.S.C. 285 - 285a-1; Small Business Research and Development Enhancement Act of 1992, Public Law 102-564.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Science and Technology

Program types

Eligible applicants

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Federal

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