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
Limited submissions policy exception: Due to high interest
from donors and low numbers of past applications, an additional LOI/application
will be accepted only if focused on one of the following. This is one
additional LOI/application overall for the cycle, not one additional
LOI/application per program/category.
- Brain tumors – all types, including rare forms, especially
atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT), diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma
(DIPG)/diffuse midline glioma (DMG), and glioblastoma (GBM)
Burkitt lymphoma – all types, especially sporadic
Rhabdoid tumors - Extrarenal
Anticipated Funding: up to $100,000/year for two years
|