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CPRIT Present $748,906 To Gradalis, Inc.

Pictured from left to right: Cindy Brinker Simmons (CPRIT), David Shanahan, John Nemunaitis, Jimmy Mansour (CPRIT), Bill Gimson (CPRIT).

CPRIT Check Presents Check To LiveStrong (PDF)

Pictured from left to right: Andy Miller, Haley Gardiner, Doug Ulman, Jimmy Mansour (CPRIT), Bill Gimson (CPRIT), Kristen Doyle (CPRIT), Dr. Becky Garcia (CPRIT).

CPRIT Check Presentation To Three Austin Companies (PDF)

Pictured from left to right: Jerry Cobbs (CPRIT), Senator Kirk Watson, Phil Wilson (CPRIT), Dr. Ralph McDade, Sam LaBrie, Bill Gimson (CPRIT), Karri Ballard, Jimmy Mansour (CPRIT), Ana Ward, Dr. Andy Bader, Dr. David Brown, Dr. Paul Lammers, Dr. Matt Winkler, Lynne Hohlfeld, Vlad Mitelberg, Lisa Rollins, David Miller, Emily Hakuh, Dr. Dennis McWilliams, Landon Gilkey, Kery Farrell, Donald Jones.

"State Grants Will Bolster Cancer Fight"

CPRIT Awards $142 Million In Texas' Fight Against Cancer

Hear CPRIT Grant Recipient Dr. Keith Argenbright interviewed by WBAP-AM/FM reporter Ellie Hogue

CPRIT Presents $309,000 in Prevention Grant

Pictured from left to right at the University of North Texas Health Science Center Presentation: Bill Gimson (CPRIT), Dr. Richard Kurz, Jimmy Mansour (CPRIT), Dr. Marcus Martin, Judge Faith Johnson (CPRIT), Charles Senteio, Becky Garcia (CPRIT), Dr. Thomas Yorio.

CPRIT Presents $1,898,000 in Prevention Grants

Pictured from left to right: Dr. Keith Argenbright, Jimmy Mansour (CPRIT), Judge Mary Horn of Denton County, Judge Mark Riley of Parker County, Becky Garcia (CPRIT), Dr. Samir Gupta, Commissioner Kevin Burns of Wise County, Commissioner Danny White of Wise County, Bill Gimson (CPRIT), Dee Kelly.

CPRIT Presents $886,000 in Research Grant

Pictured from left to right: Bill Gimson (CPRIT), Jimmy Mansour (CPRIT), Dr. David Daniel (UT Dallas President), Dr. John Ferraris (UT Dallas Checmistry Department Head)

CPRIT Presents $21 Million in Research Grant

Pictured from left to right: Jimmy Mansour (CPRIT), Dr. Becky Garcia (CPRIT), Cindy Brinker Simmons (CPRIT), Senator Jane Nelson, James Willson (UTSW Director of Simmons Cancer Center), Daniel Podolsky (President of UTSW), Bill Gimson (CPRIT), Dr. Al Gilman (CPRIT)

CPRIT Presents Over $2.2 Million In Prevention Grants

Pictured from left to right: Kristi Thibaut, Ellen Cohen, David Jobe, Maria Fernandez, Kathi Wilson, Bill Gimson (CPRIT), Dr. Becky Garcia (CPRIT), Jimmy Mansour (CPRIT).

CPRIT Grant Recipient Selected as One Of TIME Magazine's "100 Most Influential People"

CPRIT Presents Texas Tech Research Grants Totaling Over $1 Million

Pictured from left to right: Bill Gimson (CPRIT), Jimmy Mansour (CPRIT), Chancellor Kent Hance.

Governor Rick Perry Appoints Joyce King to Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee

CPRIT Presents Mercy $300,000 Cancer Outreach Grant  (PDF)

Pictured from left to right: Rosanne Palacios (Mercy Ministries), State Representative Richard Raymond, Dr. Joe Bailes (CPRIT), Sister Rosemary Welsh (Mercy Ministries), Jimmy Mansour (CPRIT), Laredo Mayor Raul G. Salinas, Bill Gimson (CPRIT), Sister Maria Luisa Vera (Mercy Ministries), Dr. Rebecca Garcia (CPRIT)

UCCS Still Benefits As Researcher Leaves for Texas A&M

CPRIT Presents Baylor $200,000 Cancer Research Grant  (PDF)

Pictured from left to right: Jimmy Mansour - Oversight Committee Chairman,
Dr. Truell Hyde, Dr. Kevin Pinney, Bill Gimson - Executive Director,
Dr. Elizabeth Davis, Dr. Mary Lynn Trawick and Dr. Lee Nordt

Speaker Joe Straus Appoints Barbara Canales to
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Oversight Committee

CPRIT Presents Over $35 Million in Cancer Research and
Prevention Grants to Houston Recipients  (PDF)

TAMU Gets More Than $1.1 Million in Cancer Research Grants  (PDF)

Governor Rick Perry Appoints Samuel "Phil" Wilson to Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee

CPRIT Funds First Cancer Prevention Grants  (PDF)

UT Austin Gets $3.3 Million in Cancer Research Grants  (PDF)

CPRIT Awards More Than $60 Million in Research Grants  (PDF)

CPRIT Awards Grant for 1st Scholar in Cancer Research   (PDF)

CPRIT Joins First Lady Anita Perry in Response to USPSTF Revised Mammography Screening Guidelines  (PDF)

CPRIT Issues Four Requests for Applications for Prevention Grants  (PDF)

CPRIT Announces Release of Company Investment Funding Opportunities  (PDF)

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Moves One Step Closer To Funding First Round of Research Awards  (PDF)

Stephen W. Wyatt, D.M.D, M.P.H, to head CPRIT Prevention Review Council  (PDF)

CPRIT Responds to USPSTF Revised Mammography Screening Guidelines  (PDF)

CPRIT’s First Round of Requests for Prevention Funding Exceed Total Budget Amount  (PDF)

CPRIT Announces Prevention Program Director  (PDF)

CPRIT Announces Chief Commercialization Officer  (PDF)

CPRIT Foundation Hosts Policy Roundtable Discussion  (PDF)

CPRIT Receives almost 900 Proposals for Research Funding in First Round  (PDF)

CPRIT Announces General Counsel  (PDF)

Rebecca Garcia, Ph.D., has been named chief prevention officer of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)  (PDF)

Legislation Requires Health Benefit Plan Coverage for Routine Health Services Costs for Enrollees Participating in Clinical Trials, Including Cancer Therapeutics  (PDF)

Nobel Laureate Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D., to head CPRIT Scientific Review Council  (PDF)

Commencement Address, UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences  (PDF)

Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Receives $450 Million in Funding to Begin the Fight on Cancer  (PDF)

Texas Transplant Alfred Gilman Guides $3 Billion Cancer Project  (PDF)

Searching for a Cure - Research institute is working to award grants this year to fight cancer while building biotech and life science in Texas  (PDF)

CPRIT Announces Chief Scientific Officer  (PDF)

Texas House of Representatives Audio/Video Archived Press Conferences

Bill Gimson Named Executive Director of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas  (PDF)

Texas Takes On Cancer  (PDF)

TCC is Now CPRIT

The Texas Cancer Council (TCC) became the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) through legislation passed in November 2007. Texas voters approved Proposition 15 - HJR 90, the constitutional amendment which allows the State of Texas to establish the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (the Institute) and allows the Institute to issue $3 billion in general obligation bonds over ten years to fund grants for cancer research and prevention. The Institute may invest the grants strategically in cancer research, clinical trials, and laboratory facility construction in Texas. The Institute will continue to implement the Texas Cancer Plan.

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute is charged by the Texas Legislature to:

• Create and expedite innovation in the area of cancer research and in enhancing the potential for a medical or scientific breakthrough in the prevention of cancer and cures for cancer;
  
  
• Attract, create, or expand research capabilities of public or private institutions of higher education and other public or private entities that will promote a substantial increase in cancer research and in the creation of high-quality new jobs in this state; and
  
  
• Develop and implement the Texas Cancer Plan.

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