Texas Cancer Agency Unshackled
Texas’s top officials have authorized the state's troubled cancer research institute to award $71.8 million in recruitment grants that have been on hold since last December.
| March 21, 2013
A state audit released this January found that CPRIT had awarded a total of $56.4 million in grants without proper peer review. Nevertheless, Texas research institutions argued that delays in awarding $71.8 million in agency grants approved before the moratorium could derail recruitments and hobble planned research projects. That scenario should now be avoided, because earlier this week CPRIT’s interim executive director Wayne Roberts announced that state leaders have certified the grants as properly reviewed, meaning the agency can dish out the cash.
“We have worked hard to regain trust with our elected officials and the citizens of Texas,” said Roberts in a press release. “We take this action as evidence that some progress has been made, and we will continue to work to strengthen this trust during the coming weeks and months.”
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