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Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas

Funds CPRIT, Texas state agency leading cancer prevention and treatment research investment.

United Stateswww.cprit.texas.gov
Key stats
Annual funding—
Programs3
Active grants4
Total grants10
About

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, known as CPRIT, is Texas's voter-created state agency for cancer research and prevention. It began with a 2007 referendum that authorized $3 billion, and Texas voters added another $3 billion in 2019, making it a $6 billion, 20-year initiative with $4.07 billion awarded across 2,223 grants to 155 organizations since 2008.

It backs Academic Re…

Programs & grants under this funder
CPRIT Academic Research

Funds CPRIT Academic Research to support peer-reviewed grants texas cancer researchers recruitment of world-class scientists core facility infrastructure.

3 grants
CPRIT Scholars — Recruitment of Established Investigators
Between cycles
— pool
CPRIT Scholars — Recruitment of First-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty
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— pool
CPRIT Scholars — Recruitment of Rising Stars
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— pool
CPRIT Prevention

Provides CPRIT Prevention to support community-based cancer prevention screening grants texas organizations serving underserved populations.

3 grants
CPRIT Prevention — Cancer Screening and Early Detection
Between cycles
— pool
CPRIT Prevention — Dissemination of Cancer Control Interventions
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— pool
CPRIT Prevention — Primary Prevention of Cancer
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— pool
CPRIT Product Development Research

Backs CPRIT Product Development Research to support non-dilutive company grants texas cancer therapeutics devices diagnostics new technologies revenue-sharing.

4 grants
CPRIT PDR — Texas Device and Diagnostics Company
Open
— pool·Rolling submission
CPRIT PDR — Texas New Technologies Company
Open
$70M pool·Rolling submission
CPRIT PDR — Texas Seed Company
Open
— pool·Rolling submission
CPRIT PDR — Texas Therapeutics Company
Open
— pool·Rolling submission
Last verified: 31 May 2026Source: www.cprit.texas.gov