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Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (B)

$39,949,612

Department of Health and Human Services·National Institutes of Health

to ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC

biotechactive
ACTION DATE·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_UM1CA081457_075
Award description

PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR CONSORTIUM (PBTC)

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funds the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium to conduct collaborative research on childhood brain tumors.

Sub-sectors
pediatric-oncology-researchnih-research-grantcooperative-agreement
Why this matters

Addresses a critical unmet medical need in pediatric cancer; advances treatment options for one of the most common childhood malignancies.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for specialized research reagents, laboratory equipment, and clinical trial infrastructure supporting pediatric oncology.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. leadership in pediatric cancer research; China increasingly competes in biomedical R&D but lags in pediatric-specific oncology innovation.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002217.

Period of performance
Start
1999-04-01
End
2027-03-31
Status
activein 318 days
Sources

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