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Awards/PROJECT GRANT (B)

$106,695,252

Department of Health and Human Services·National Institutes of Health

to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

biotechexpired
ACTION DATE2026-03-05·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_P30CA060553_075
Award description

THE ROBERT H. LURIE COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funds cancer research and clinical care operations at Northwestern University's comprehensive cancer center.

Sub-sectors
nih-research-grantcancer-researchacademic-institution
Why this matters

Major NIH investment in academic cancer research infrastructure supports drug discovery, clinical trials, and precision medicine development.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for research equipment, laboratory supplies, pharmaceutical compounds, and diagnostic technologies from biotech vendors.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. cancer research leadership depends on sustained NIH funding to maintain competitive advantage in oncology innovation and drug development.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002095.

Period of performance
Start
1997-08-01
End
2025-07-31
Status
expired290 days ago
Sources

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