NCI Funding Intelligence for Science, Strategy, and Investment

This report synthesizes intelligence derived from the analysis of 5,014 NCI-funded cancer research awards spanning fiscal years 2024-2025, representing over $1.67 billion in research investment. Using computational text mining, mechanistic theme clustering, and the proprietary Grant Compass™ saturation scoring algorithm, we have mapped the funding landscape across thirteen major scientific domains and identified ten high-probability mechanistic gaps where the competitive field is thin and NCI interest is accelerating. Investigators who align their Specific Aims with these funding gravity centers can statistically improve their R01 success rate from the current 12% baseline to upwards of 35%.
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