Editing Cancer research (section)

== Research funding ==
{{See also|Global health|Funding of science}}
Cancer research is funded by [[Public research and development|government grants]], charitable foundations and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.asco.org/advocacy-policy/policies-positions-guidance/federally-funded-cancer-research|title=Federally Funded Cancer Research|date=8 February 2016|website=asco.org|access-date=9 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423174847/https://www.asco.org/advocacy-policy/policies-positions-guidance/federally-funded-cancer-research|archive-date=23 April 2018}}</ref>

In the early 2000s, most funding for cancer research came from taxpayers and charities, rather than from corporations. In the US, less than 30% of all cancer research was funded by commercial researchers such as pharmaceutical companies.<ref name="pmid16842021">{{cite journal | vauthors = Eckhouse S, Sullivan R | title = A survey of public funding of cancer research in the European union | journal = PLOS Medicine | volume = 3 | issue = 7 | pages = e267 | date = July 2006 | pmid = 16842021 | pmc = 1513045 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030267 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Per capita, public spending on cancer research by taxpayers and charities in the US was five times as much in 2002–03 as public spending by taxpayers and charities in the 15 countries that were full members of the European Union.<ref name="pmid16842021" /> As a percentage of GDP, the non-commercial funding of cancer research in the US was four times the amount dedicated to cancer research in Europe.<ref name="pmid16842021" /> Half of Europe's non-commercial cancer research is funded by charitable organizations.<ref name="pmid16842021" />

The [[National Cancer Institute]] is the major funding institution in the United States. In the 2023 fiscal year, the NCI funded $7.1&nbsp;billion in cancer research.<ref>{{cite web |title=NCI Budget Fact Book |url=https://www.cancer.gov/about-nci/budget/fact-book |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |website=National Cancer Institute |date=10 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>