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Cancer Biology Research

Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 93.396, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.

USAspending caveat. Figures are obligations reported by federal agencies to USAspending.gov, not payments. In USAspending's words: "An outlay occurs when federal money is actually paid out, not just promised to be paid ('obligated')." "Every agency has a Senior Accountable Official who must officially certify that the quarterly financial data submitted by their agency is accurate and complete." "If there are any discrepancies in procurement data, FPDS is the authoritative source." Contract data for the Department of Defense and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is published with a 90-day delay. Data loaded 30 Sep 2026.

Federal agencies obligated $911M in awards under assistance listing 93.396, Cancer Biology Research, in FY2026, and $3.6B over the five fiscal years since FY2023; the program ranks 126 of 988 on this site.

Obligations were about level on FY2025 ($914M), with $0 so far in FY2027.

The largest recipient organisations over FY2022–FY2025 were The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York ($129M), Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research ($115M) and The Univeristy of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center ($113M).

By place of performance, the most money went to NY, MA and PA.

$911Mobligations, FY2026FY2026 (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026) · obligations
$3.6Bfive-year totalFY2023–FY2027 to date · obligations
$0FY2027 to dateFY2027 · obligations
126 of 988rank among programs on this sitefive-year obligations
594awards of $1.0M+ since FY2023FY2023–FY2027

Obligations by fiscal year

$878M
$873M
$914M
$911M
$0
FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026FY2027*
Obligations under listing 93.396 by fiscal year. *FY2027 runs to the data date and is incomplete.

Compared with the largest program FY2026

MeasureThis programGrants to States for MedicaidAll assistance
Obligations, FY2026$911M$722B$4.4T
Five-year total$3.6B$2.6T$17T
Share of all assistance obligations, five years0%15.2%100%

Largest recipients obligations, FY2022–FY2025

#OrganisationObligations
1The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York$129M
2Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research$115M
3The Univeristy of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center$113M
4Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.$82M
5The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania$80M
6The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco$78M
7Weill Medical College of Cornell University$76M
8The Leland Stanford Junior University$71M
9Regents of the University of Michigan$65M
10University of California, San Diego$65M
11The Washington University$62M
12Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$60M
13The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center$60M
14University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education$56M
15Baylor College of Medicine$55M
16New York University$53M
17H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital, Inc.$52M
18Duke University$51M
19Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope$50M
20The Johns Hopkins University$48M
21Yale UNIV$48M
22University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$48M
23Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center$44M
24The General Hospital Corporation$40M
25Northwestern University$40M

Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards

Where the money goes

Largest awards since FY2023

RecipientAwarding agencyTypeAward valueBegunPlaceRecord
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, CaliforniaDepartment of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthGrantProject Grant (B)$12M6 Jul 2023CAUSAspending
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and BiologyDepartment of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthGrantProject Grant (B)$9.6M11 May 2023PAUSAspending
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterDepartment of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthGrantProject Grant (B)$8.6M30 May 2023CAUSAspending
The Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaDepartment of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthGrantProject Grant (B)$7.9M28 Aug 2023PAUSAspending
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery InstituteDepartment of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthGrantProject Grant (B)$7.0M9 Sep 2024CAUSAspending
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkDepartment of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthGrantProject Grant (B)$5.5M3 Sep 2024NYUSAspending
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiDepartment of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthGrantProject Grant (B)$5.3M23 Jul 2025NYUSAspending
Weill Medical College of Cornell UniversityDepartment of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthGrantProject Grant (B)$5.0M12 Aug 2024NYUSAspending
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer ResearchDepartment of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthGrantProject Grant (B)$4.9M23 Jul 2025NYUSAspending
University of California, Los AngelesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthGrantCooperative Agreement (B)$4.9M6 Aug 2025CAUSAspending

Other programs numbered 93.xxx

Questions and answers

How much is obligated under assistance listing 93.396?

$911M in FY2026 and $3.6B over the five fiscal years since FY2023, counting every award type recorded under the listing (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance and other assistance). Obligations are commitments, not payments.

Who receives the most under Cancer Biology Research?

The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York ($129M), Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research ($115M), The Univeristy of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center ($113M), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. ($82M), The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania ($80M). Individuals are never listed; where a program pays individuals, USAspending records aggregated rows that appear here as "not shown".

What is an assistance listing (CFDA) number?

A five-digit number that identifies a federal financial assistance program on SAM.gov (formerly the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance). Every grant, loan, direct payment or other assistance award on USAspending carries one; contracts do not.

Provenance

Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending by category (assistance listing) by fiscal year, recipient cross-tabulation for FY2022–FY2025 and award search, loaded 30 Sep 2026. State figures come from each state's top-100 listing table, so small amounts in a state may be missing. See methodology.