Nccn Foundation

How it makes and monitors grants (Schedule I, Part IV)

Nccn foundation holds an annual competitive young investigator award (yia) program open to nominated investigators at the 33 nccn member institutions. in collaboration with the nccn foundation, the nccn oncology research program (orp) provides oversight of this program and their standards are used by the yia grants scientific review committee to review and score the yia proposals. the funded projects are approved for two-year terms and are managed by the orp. initial funding is provided by the nccn foundation to awardees' institutions upon the receipt of applicable documents, which may include institutional review board (irb) approval documentation, a signed term & conditions agreement attesting that the awardees will abide by the specific terms of the award, an irb-approved protocol or, in the case of irb exempt research, a letter of exemption from the irb, a research project plan, health insurance portability and accountability act (hipaa) documents related to the project, a data monitoring plan, physician payment transparency program (sunshine act) form, and nccn financial certification/disclosure forms. the scope and nature of studies to be performed by awardees are in accordance with the approved protocols developed by the awardees and consistent with the proposals submitted to and approved by the yia grants selection review committee. second-year funding is provided to the awardees' institutions upon receipt and satisfactory review of an annual progress report, an annua