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NCI-Approved Funding Agencies

The NCI has identified research grants from the following organizations as meeting the NIH standard of peer review:

  • Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  • American Cancer Society (ACS): national office only
  • American Foundation for AIDS Research (AFAR)
  • American Institute for Cancer Research
  • Cancer Research Foundation of America
  • Center for Disease Control (CDC)
  • Central Office of the Veteran’s Administration (VA) (excluding local/regional awards & "block" grants)
  • Department of Agriculture (DOA)
  • Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Department of Defense (DOD)
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Howard Hughes Foundation
  • Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
  • Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
  • National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health
  • National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
  • U.S. Army (DOD) special research programs in ovarian, breast and prostate cancer
  • University of California-Wide Breast Cancer Research Program