AUSTIN The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) last week awarded nine University of Texas institutions 37 grants totaling $65.4 million.
“For UT institutions to receive almost two-thirds of CPRIT’s most recent round of grants speaks volumes to the caliber and quality of cancer research conducted and therapies delivered to benefit Texans all over our state – not to mention from all across the country and world,” UT System Chancellor James B. Milliken said in a news release. “The innovations of our faculty, doctors, and students in the pursuit of cancer therapies and cures are extending and saving lives.”
The following UT institutions received awards to support academic research and prevention initiatives, and to recruit world-class cancer researchers to Texas:
>> UT MD Anderson: 15 grants totaling $19,381,492.
>> UT Southwestern: 10 grants totaling $14,673,837.
>> UT Health Houston: 5 grants totaling $10,995,385.
>> UT Health San Antonio: 2 grants totaling $3,992,330.
>> UT Rio Grande Valley: 1 grant totaling $6,000,000.
>> UT Dallas: 1 grant totaling $6,000,000.
>> UTMB: 1 grant totaling $2,257,898.
>> UT Austin: 1 grant totaling $1,050,000.
>> UT San Antonio: 1 grant totaling $1,049,128.
CPRIT was created by the Texas Legislature and approved by a statewide vote in 2007 to lead the Lone Star State’s fight against cancer. In 2019, Texas voters again voted overwhelmingly to support CPRIT with an additional $3 billion for a total $6 billion investment in cancer research and prevention.
To date, the agency has awarded over $3 billion in grants to Texas research institutions and organizations through its academic research, prevention, and product development research programs. CPRIT has also recruited more than 288 distinguished researchers to Texas, supported the establishment, expansion, or relocation of 51 companies to Texas, and supported more than 8.2 million prevention services reaching all 254 counties in Texas.
