SPOREs
Specialized Programs Of Research Excellence (SPOREs), sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, are prestigious initiatives that engage lab-based and population scientists, clinical investigators, and advocates in focused areas of research.
UCSF has been awarded SPORE grants for breast cancer, in operation since 1992; for prostate cancer, since 2001; and for brain cancer, newly awarded in 2002. UCSF is one of only seven institutions that have three or more such SPORE grants.
Information is available on this site for each of the UCSF SPOREs.
Additional information about the NCI SPORE initiative is available on the NCI website.
