The St. Baldrick's
Foundation is a volunteer and donor powered charity committed to supporting the
most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors
long and healthy lives. These grants are for specific research projects which
are hypothesis driven and may be either laboratory, clinical, or
epidemiological in nature.

Current funding
priorities are divided into four categories:

• New discovery research
• Translational research and
  early phase clinical trials
• Phase III clinical trials
  & infrastructure support of participating institutions (primarily the
  fall grant cycle)
• Education of new pediatric
  oncology researchers

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: $100,000/year for two
years