States

1
States Investment in Cancer Research

• A Survey Conducted by the Association of American
  Cancer Institutes (AACI)

2
States Investment in Cancer Research

• Survey State Funding for Cancer Centers
• Direct appropriations to AACI centers (or parent
  institutions)
• Tobacco excise tax dollars supporting cancer
  research at AACI centers
• Tobacco settlement dollars supporting cancer
  research at AACI centers
• June-July 2008
• 64 Cancer Centers Responded
• Survey Built in Collaboration with CCAF Efforts

3
Responding Centers Characteristics

• NCI-Designation
• 48 NCI-Designated Centers
• 16 Emerging Centers
• Matrix/Freestanding
• 51 Matrix Centers
• 13 Freestanding Centers

4
State Appropriations for Cancer Centers
5
State Appropriations for Cancer Centers
Cancer Centers that are Percent of Responses Number of Responses
Part of a public (state-owned) institution that receives annual state funding 45 29
An independent public (state-related) entity that directly receives annual state funding 14 9
An independent private entity that directly receives annual state funding 11 7
An entity that does not receive annual state funding 30 19
n n 65
6
State Appropriations for Cancer Centers
Cancer Centers Receiving a Portion of Parent
Institutions State Appropriation
n20
Percent of Parent Institutions State
Appropriation
7
State Funding for Cancer Centers
Median 2.3 million
n27
8
State Funding for Cancer Centers
Median 2.4 million
n30
9
State Funding for Cancer Centers Supports
10
State Tobacco Excise Tax Dollars Supporting
Research at AACI Centers
11
Tobacco Excise Tax Dollars
12
Tobacco Excise Tax Dollars
13
State Tobacco Settlement Dollars Supporting
Research at AACI Centers
14
Tobacco Settlement Dollars
15
Tobacco Settlement Dollars