The Cancer Centers Program also recognizes that many high quality, cancer-relevant research projects are funded by other organizations such as the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Agriculture (DOA), the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), State Health Departments etc. While funding from these organizations should not represent the major component of a cancer center's research base, the Cancer Centers Program wishes to provide all centers the option of carefully defending selected projects of special importance to the center for full access to CCSG resources. With this intent in mind, multi-year projects, which are equivalent.
