Purpose.

With this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) encourages new collaborative projects between investigators associated with the Integrative Cancer Biology Program (ICBP) or Tumor Microenvironment Network (TMEN) and researchers who are not involved

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with the program with which they propose to collaborate.

This FOA is designed to facilitate new projects in integrative cancer biology and/or tumor microenvironment research and to extend current research conducted in the ICBP and TMEN programs through collaborations with a broader research community.

Research projects proposed in response to this FOA should be collaborative and aligned with the missions of the ICBP or TMEN programs.

In addition to proposing new research, these projects should leverage the resources and expertise currently available within the ICBP and TMEN communities, in order to extend and enhance the programs with new ideas, methods, expertise, and resources.Mechanism of Support.

This FOA utilizes the NIH Cooperative Agreement (U01) award mechanism.

Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards.

Awards issued under this FOA are contingent upon the availability of funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.