Current Investment by Areas of Research

Extramural and Intramural Investment by Areas of Research, 2025
These investments are updated each year in October and reflect the investments by areas of research for the previous fiscal year (April 1 - March 31). The next update will be in October of 2026 for Investments by Areas of Research for Fiscal Year 2026.

See the Definition of Research Areas.

Areas of Research	Extramural Funded Amount*($)	Extramural Specific Amount ^†($)	Intramural Research Amount ($)	Total ($)
Biology	58,189,181	28,734,746	1,509,962	30,244,707
Cause/Etiology	27,671,700	11,412,090	2,610,570	14,022,660
Treatment	54,391,976	25,335,803	281,901	25,617,704
Prevention (including Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Tobacco Control)	14,787,505	7,121,203	2,986,439	10,107,642
Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Prognosis	38,655,100	14,827,680	1,570,444	16,398,124
Cancer Control, Survivorship (including quality of life and end of life), and Outcomes Research	35,504,400	18,602,160	2,986,439	21,588,599
Not Categorized ‡	20,329,000	20,229,000	-	20,229,000
Grand Total	249,528,862	126,262,681^§	11,945,756	138,208,437

*Funded Amount - The Funded Amount for each Area of Research includes 100% of the total grant amount (not listed in this table) even for grant projects that only partially focus on that Area of Research. For example, the full grant amount of a project that focuses 90% on treatment and 10% on survivorship is included in the Funded Amount for both Areas of Research.

†Specific Amount - The Specific Amount for each Area of Research is the portion of the total grant amount (not listed in this table) relevant to that specific Area of Research. For example, if a grant project focuses 90% on treatment and 10% on survivorship, 90% of the grant value will be included in the Treatment Specific Amount and 10% in the Survivorship Specific Amount. The Grand Total for the Specific Amount column is the sum of the Specific Amounts funded for all listed Areas of Research.

‡ Not Categorized - Three award mechanisms are not classified using these categories: Institutional Research Grants, Fostering Innovation Awards, and Diversity in Cancer Research Institutional Development Grants.

§ The total Extramural Specific Amount represents the research and training grants awarded during FY 2024. This number may not exactly match the financial reporting for research expenditures for that time.