TY - JOUR
T1 - First international workshops on Provocative Questions (PQ) in cancer research, October-November 2014, New Delhi, Bengaluru, and Thiruvananthapuram, India
AU - Rajaraman, Preetha
AU - Dey, Bindu
AU - Majumder, Partha P.
AU - Mayor, Satyajit
AU - Pillai, M. Radhakrishna
AU - Ramaswamy, S.
AU - Shaha, Chandrima
AU - Johnson, Maureen
AU - Sivaram, Sudha
AU - Trimble, Edward L.
AU - Harlow, Edward E.
AU - VijayRaghavan, K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015.Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - In 2011, the National Cancer Institute (NCI, USA) introduced the Provocative Questions (PQ) Initiative, a new approach allowing active researchers to define major unsolved or neglected problems in oncology unaddressed by existing funding. Last year, the U.S. NCI teamed up with the Indian Department of Biotechnology (DBT) to pilot the PQ approach in three cities in India. Workshop outcomes included the generation of fundable "PQs" (perplexing questions understudied by the international scientific community), as well as the identification of several non-PQ projects and research-related issues of importance to DBT and other Indian funding groups. The workshops clearly indicated the need to expand beyond crafting "PQs" when considering the best areas for research funding in international settings. Nonetheless, the first set of PQ workshops provided a forum to discuss key issues regarding cancer research in India, including the paucity of cancer research funding, and the lack of relevant human resource training and technology sharing platforms. Continued open debate between researchers, funders and policymakers will be essential to effectively strengthen the cancer research portfolio in India.
AB - In 2011, the National Cancer Institute (NCI, USA) introduced the Provocative Questions (PQ) Initiative, a new approach allowing active researchers to define major unsolved or neglected problems in oncology unaddressed by existing funding. Last year, the U.S. NCI teamed up with the Indian Department of Biotechnology (DBT) to pilot the PQ approach in three cities in India. Workshop outcomes included the generation of fundable "PQs" (perplexing questions understudied by the international scientific community), as well as the identification of several non-PQ projects and research-related issues of importance to DBT and other Indian funding groups. The workshops clearly indicated the need to expand beyond crafting "PQs" when considering the best areas for research funding in international settings. Nonetheless, the first set of PQ workshops provided a forum to discuss key issues regarding cancer research in India, including the paucity of cancer research funding, and the lack of relevant human resource training and technology sharing platforms. Continued open debate between researchers, funders and policymakers will be essential to effectively strengthen the cancer research portfolio in India.
KW - Cancer research
KW - Department of Biotechnology
KW - Funding
KW - India
KW - National Cancer Institute
KW - Provocative Questions
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jcpo.2015.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jcpo.2015.10.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 26568911
AN - SCOPUS:84949565439
SN - 2213-5383
VL - 6
SP - 33
EP - 36
JO - Journal of Cancer Policy
JF - Journal of Cancer Policy
ER -