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The Comprehensive Cancer Center is soliciting applications for funds available from the Prostate Specialized Program in Research Excellence (SPORE) grant. Support of up to $70,000 is available for a 12-month period for translational projects attempting to understand the mechanisms involved in prostate cancer development or to find a prostate cancer cure. The application deadline is March 9. For more information, contact Jill Miller at (734) 998-6761 or jsmiller@umich.edu.

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