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Cancer Centers Support Grants

Program Information

Popular name

Cancer Centers

Program Number

93.397

Program objective

To provide an organizational focus and stimulus for the highest quality cancer research that effectively promotes interdisciplinary cancer research aimed toward the ultimate goal of reducing cancer incidence, mortality and morbidity. The Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) provides the resources and infrastructure to facilitate the coordination of interdisciplinary programs across a broad spectrum of research from basic laboratory research to clinical investigation to population science. The CCSG supports salaries for scientific leadership of the Center, shared resources for funded center investigators, certain administrative costs, planning and evaluation, and developmental funds for new recruitments and feasibility studies.

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. 2016

    Fiscal year 2016 will fund an estimated 271 total Centers that will include 69 COREs, 49 SPOREs and 103 Specialized Centers. In fiscal Year 2016, 217 total Centers were funded including 69 Centers, 50 SPOREs, and 98 Specialized Centers.

  2. 2017

    Fiscal year 2017 will fund an estimated 234 total Centers that will include 69 Centers, 51 SPOREs and 90 Specialized Centers.

  3. 2018

    Fiscal Year 2018 will fund 227 total Centers that will include 69 Centers, 51 SPOREs, and 90 Specialized Centers.

  4. 2019

    Fiscal Year 2019 will fund 251 total Centers that will include 71 Centers, 52 SPOREs, 104 Specialized Centers, and 24 Planning.

  5. 2020

    Fiscal Year 2020 funded 255 total centers that will include 71 Centers, 58 SPOREs, 94 Specialized Centers, and 32 Planning.

  6. 2021

    Fiscal Year 2021 funded 2424 total centers that will include 71 Centers, 64 SPOREs, 84 Specialized Centers, and 23 Planning.

  7. 2022

    Fiscal Year 2022 funded 255 total centers that will include 71 Centers, 66 SPOREs, 91 Specialized Centers, and 27 Planning.

  8. 2023

    Fiscal Year 2023 will fund 260 total centers that will include 72 Centers, 62 SPOREs, 105 Specialized Centers, and 21 Planning.

  9. 2024

    Fiscal Year 2024 will fund 236 total centers that will include 72 Centers, 62 SPOREs, 81 Specialized Centers, and 21 Planning.

  10. 2025

    Fiscal Year 2025 will fund 290 total centers that will include 72 Centers, 62 SPOREs, 135 Specialized Centers, and 21 Planning.

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.

42 CFR 52; 45 CFR 75; PHS Grants Policy Statement, DHHS Publication No. (OASH) 90- 50,000, (Rev.) October 1, 1990.

  1. Public Health Service Act, Section 305(a), 410, 411, and 414, Public Law 78-410, 42 U.S.C. 241, as amended; Public Law 100-607, 42 U.S.C. 285, 285a and 285a-3; Public Law 99-500.