Q. What is the Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG), and do I need to list the CCSG as a source of funding in my manuscripts?

What is the NIH Public Access Policy?

The NIH Public Access Policy requires PMCIDs on every NIH-funded, peer-reviewed article. The penalty for noncompliance is delayed or withheld grant funding. 

Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG)

The Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the mechanism that designates MD Anderson as an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of only 56 in the country. The grant provides ~$11 million in total costs each year to MD Anderson, a majority of which goes to support research infrastructure. As of 2024, Giulio Draetta, M.D., Ph.D. is the Principal Investigator of the MD Anderson CCSG. 

All manuscripts support in part or whole by the MD Anderson Cores must cite the CCSG in their final publication and obtain a PMCID.

What's included in the CCSG?

MD Anderson's research infrastructure is supported by the CCSG. This includes:

• Cores and Shared Resources 
• Research Programs (partial salary support for Leaders and Co-Leaders) 
• Developmental Funds (Pilot Projects, Startup packages) 
• Clinical Trials Infrastructure
• Community Outreach and Engagement 
• Cancer Research Training and Education Programs  
• Administration of the CCSG Grant 

How do I comply with the NIH Public Access Policy?

1. MD Anderson authors should cite the CCSG as a source of funding for all clinical trials, protocols and IRB studies or if they have utilized any of the core services. This applies only to research publications and does not include review book chapters, commentaries, or editorials.

2.  Include the following acknowledgment in research publications supported by the CCSG:
   This research was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute through a Cancer Center Support Grant (P30CA016672) to The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and used the [name of the CCSG shared resource(s)]*

3. The NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS) is the means for initiating the PMCID process. When submitting to NIHMS and choosing the CCSG as the funding source, Giulio Draetta should be selected as the PI. 

What types of manuscripts should cite the CCSG?

• All clinical trials, protocols and IRB studies, studies that use or if they have utilized any of the core services
  • Animal
  • Clinical and Population Sciences
  • Histology/Pathology
  • Computational
  • Genomics Molecular and Biophysical Characterization
  • Cellular Imaging and Characterization

What types of manuscripts should NOT cite the CCSG?

• Book chapters, commentaries, or editorials do not need to cite the CCSG. Review articles do not need to cite the CCSG unless they have a co-author who is a CCSG Leader or Co-Leader or a connection to core facilities.