A powerful new tool provides instant access to information about current cancer research projects that are supported by cancer funding organizations in the United States and the United Kingdom.
The International Cancer Research Portfolio (ICRP) is a public database that holds nearly 13,000 records of current cancer research awards. This site is a central, searchable database, which allows visitors to find information about actively funded research. The database has a simple and useful keyword-based search engine. Search results provide clear, concise information on the titles, principle investigators, institutions, funding organizations and award codes of all funded research projects. Title links take the visitor to detailed abstracts of each project.
The ICRP was created by the Common Scientific Outline (CSO) Partners — eight United States cancer funding organizations and 15 members of the National Cancer Research Institute of the United Kingdom — to share information about the research that they support. The CSO was established by the National Cancer Institute in September 2000 to encourage international collaboration and to compare the types of research funded by each country.
The web site is designed for use by cancer researchers, and funding organizations, health-care policy makers, health-care professionals, and patients and their advocates. Researchers can use the site to identify scientists that do similar work, or to find contacts for multidisciplinary collaborations. The CSO also hopes that funding organizations and government/policy officials will use the site to increase their current research knowledge and to plan for future research efforts.
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Novak, K. Research resource. Nat Rev Cancer 3, 550 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrc1161
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