Extracting knowledge of NCI research directions from funding data using language processing.

e13547 Background: In fiscal year (FY) 2019, 42% of the $6 billion NCI budget went towards nearly 5,000 research project grants, of which about 60% are R01 type. Given the enormity of allocated resources, there is a need for the scientific community to have a more rigorous understanding of the cancer research landscape. While the NCI Budget Fact Book publishes statistics based on pre-designated codings, it is unclear if this method yields the...