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President Announces Major Recovery Act Funding for The Cancer Genome Atlas Project

During a visit to the National Institutes of Health, President Barack Obama announced $5 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for medical research across all NIH, including $175 million for The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a joint project between the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI). NHGRI and NCI will also provide about $100 million in non-Recovery Act funding, boosting NIH's total support for TCGA to $275 million over two years.

See the Video: President Barack Obama's remarks [videocast.nih.gov]

Read the Transcript: President Barack Obama's remarks [whitehouse.gov]

Remarks of NIH Director Francis Collins [nih.gov]

From the White House

• President Obama Announces Recovery Act Funding for Groundbreaking Medical Research
  
  
• Recovery to Discovery: $5 Billion Recovery Act Investment in Scientific Research and Jobs
  
  
• Video: Creating Jobs and Finding Cures
  
  

From The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)

• The Cancer Genome Atlas Web Site
  
  
• The Cancer Genome Atlas Announcement
  
  
• TCGA Backgrounder
  
  
• TCGA Quick Facts
  
  
• TCGA Frequently Asked Questions
  
  
• TCGA Image Gallery
  
  

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Last Updated: October 9, 2009