CPRIT Recommends $2 Million Rice Cancer Grant | TX-State-Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas | RICE UNIVERSITY

CPRIT Recommends $2 Million Rice Cancer Grant

CPRIT recommended a $2 million academic research recruitment grant to Rice University for Maria Akoppyan’s cancer structural-variation research. The award would support up to five years of work.

Document date · August 19, 2026

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Scope & details

The full contract record, as filed.

Contract amount

$2,000,000

Contract type

OTHER

Contract term

Up to 5 years

Renewal date

2031-08-19

Renewal

First-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty Member awards provide up to $2 million over five years; award was recommended but not yet final.

Document type

Report

Source document

Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Report Proposed Grant Awards August 19, 2026

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Rice University was awarded this government contract by TX-State-Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, as recorded on August 19, 2026. The contract value is $2,000,000.

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The Rice University contract with TX-State-Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas is valued at $2,000,000.

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This contract appears in Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Report Proposed Grant Awards August 19, 2026 (Report), dated August 19, 2026 from TX-State-Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. Civic IQ extracts contract records directly from agency meeting documents and solicitations.

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