The Scholar (Career
Development) Award is meant to help develop the independent research of highly
qualified individuals still early in their careers. Recipients are called St.
Baldrick's Scholars.

In addition to
research to understand the biology of childhood cancers and discover leads to
more effective treatments, topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

•  Adolescents & young adults
• Survivorship, outcomes, and
  quality of life
• Supportive care
• Epidemiology and pediatric
  cancer predispositions
• Precision medicine
• Alternative &
  complementary therapies

Anticipated Funding: Funding for years 1–3 will
be up to $110,000 per year (up to $115,000 per year for years 4–5), to be used
entirely for the Scholar’s salary and fringe at the applicant institution.

Eligibility:

• This is an early-career
  award. The Scholar award is intended to develop the independent pediatric
  cancer research careers of highly qualified investigators, not to support
  well established or senior investigators.
• Applicants must currently
  hold (for no longer than 7 years at the time the award begins), or will
  hold by start of the award, a title that is considered by the institution
  to be a full-time, faculty position.
• Applicants holding or awarded
  R01s at the time of the LOI are not eligible to apply. Applicants cannot
  hold a NIH K-award at the time that they apply.