# Developmental Research Program

> **NIH NIH P50** · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · 2021 · $176,701

## Abstract

Project Summary 
The Developmental Research Program (DRP) will fund small investigator-initiated projects with direct cost 
budgets of between $50,000-75,000. We are guaranteeing at least $200,000 total funds per year for the DRP. 
Federal SPORE funds will make up $75,000 in the first year, with possible increases in subsequent years 
depending upon the availability of funds. Institutional commitment from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 
(DFCI) will provide a minimum of $125,000 per year. Given the huge success of the DRP during the past 
funding cycle, we will make every effort to add additional philanthropic dollars. In the previous Dana- 
Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC) Breast SPORE, DRPs led to publications, grants, and clinical trials. 
One of the DRP awards from the previous SPORE has established the basis of a large portion of Project 3 of 
this grant, and others have formed the projects in the current proposal or have been incorporated into one of 
the Projects. 
The process for soliciting applications, awarding grants, monitoring research progress, and making decisions 
about ongoing funding are described in this section. The DRP has a transparent peer-reviewed selection 
process that incorporates defined criteria for funding decisions. The committee that oversees the process and 
selects the award recipients is the Developmental Research Program and Career Enhancement Program 
Awards (DRP/CEP) Review Committee. The DRP will initiate a broad call for proposals to ensure the most 
promising early-phase research projects receive meritorious funding, and investigators at all DF/HCC member 
institutions will be eligible to submit proposals. The DF/HCC has a large and talented investigator group to 
provide a wealth of applications from which to choose, and we anticipate a robust response to each request 
for applications that is announced.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10215417
- **Project number:** 5P50CA168504-08
- **Recipient organization:** DANA-FARBER CANCER INST
- **Principal Investigator:** NANCY U LIN
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $176,701
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2013-09-17 → 2024-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10215417

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10215417, Developmental Research Program (5P50CA168504-08). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10215417. Licensed CC0.

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