# Developmental Funds

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · 2022 · $447,466

## Abstract

DEVELOPMENTAL FUNDS: ABSTRACT
Developmental Funds are a vital tool used by the University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) to enrich the
Center’s research mission, achieve its scientific goals in alignment with the Strategic Plan, and support novel,
transdisciplinary research aimed at reducing the cancer burden in UACC’s five-county Catchment Area. UACC
has implemented a rigorous process for allocation of Developmental Funds to ensure scientific impact and
substantial return on investment (ROI). During the project period, UACC awarded $1.7M in CCSG
Developmental Funds that resulted in $3.6M in cancer-related funding, plus 35 peer-reviewed publications, for
a two-fold ROI. Additional UACC investments of $2M in support of strategic initiatives, such as imaging
research and investigator-initiated clinical trials, yielded subsequent funding of $8M and 24 peer-reviewed
publications. Thus UACC’s $3.7M investment in 75 pilot projects and other support resulted in additional
funding of $11.6M during the project period for an overall three-fold ROI. In the future project period, UACC
requests Developmental Funds to support high risk-high reward pilot projects aligned with the scientific
priorities outlined in the Center’s 2020–2025 Strategic Plan. These include Cancer and the Environment, Novel
Therapeutics and Preventive Interventions, and Cancer Imaging and Bioengineering. It is envisioned that these
investments will lead to successful competition for external cancer-focused funding.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10493910
- **Project number:** 2P30CA023074-41
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
- **Principal Investigator:** Joann B. Sweasy
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $447,466
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 1997-07-01 → 2027-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10493910

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10493910, Developmental Funds (2P30CA023074-41). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10493910. Licensed CC0.

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