# Developmental Funds

> **NIH NIH P30** · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · 2021 · $470,665

## Abstract

Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center (SCCC) utilizes the Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG)
developmental funds to invest in specific efforts that support the research goals of the Center’s overall strategic
plan. During the current project period, a total of $590,000 of CCSG developmental funds was distributed for
pilot funding in support of 23 research projects, and to date these investments have already yielded a $16M
return on investment. More importantly, the SCCC Senior Leadership leveraged the CCSG developmental funds
with other Center resources during the project period. In total, SCCC invested $5.3M in pilot awards since 2014,
which can be directly linked to the successful award of $48.7M in extramural, multi-year grant funding. This is
over a nine-fold yield from the combined investment. In the next project period, SCCC is requesting $410,000
annually in developmental funds, representing 11% of the total CCSG budget request. SCCC Senior Leadership
will continue to support pilot projects, but in addition it also will be supporting up to 20% effort for one early-stage
clinical investigator annually who will be charged with developing and launching an innovative investigator-
initiated trial and maximizing SCCC’s participation in the National Cancer Institute’s National Clinical Trials
Network.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10170618
- **Project number:** 2P30CA142543-11
- **Recipient organization:** UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Carlos L Arteaga
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $470,665
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2010-09-01 → 2026-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10170618

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10170618, Developmental Funds (2P30CA142543-11). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10170618. Licensed CC0.

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