The FDA Oncology Center of Excellence Scientific Collaborative: Charting a Course for Applied Regulatory Science Research in Oncology.

The FDA Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE) is a leader within the agency in scientific outreach activities and regulatory science research. Based on analysis of scientific workshops, internal meetings and publications, the OCE identified nine scientific priority areas and one cross-cutting area of high interest for collaboration with external researchers. This paper describes the process for identifying these scientific interest areas and highlights funded and unfunded opportunities for external researchers to work with FDA staff on critical regulatory science challenges.