Methods and Technologies

The Methods and Technologies Branch in NCI’s Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program supports innovative cancer epidemiology research, including development and adaptation of laboratory and technical approaches for large studies in human populations.

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Funding Opportunities

EGRP joins with other NCI Divisions, Offices, and Centers and other Institutes and Centers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to fund grant applications submitted in response to notices of funding opportunities.

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Interest Areas

Learn more about MTB’s interests in the following areas, relevant funding opportunity announcements, related EGRP events, and staff contacts.

Biomarkers

EGRP is interested in supporting research that improves understanding of how biomarkers can be used in early detection/screening of cancer.

Epigenomics and Epigenetics

EGRP is interested in supporting research to increase understanding of processes that regulate how and when certain genes are turned on and off may be deregulated in cancer.

Immunoepidemiology and Cancer Research

EGRP supports research to address immunoepidemiology and cancer research throughout the cancer control continuum.

Infectious Agents

EGRP partners with others at NCI and NIH to foster investigator-initiated research to better understand the role of infectious agents in cancer.

Metabolomics in Population-Based Research

EGRP staff and others at NCI and NIH are working together to advance the use of metabolomics technologies in epidemiology research.

Microbiome Research

Staff in EGRP partner with others at NCI and NIH to foster analysis of the microbiome and associated metabolites that may assist in the understanding of microbial exposures and their association with disease risk, incidence, progression, and treatment response.

Last Updated: 15 Sep, 2026