St. Baldrick’s Scholar (Career Development) Awards

Sponsor: St. Baldrick’s Foundation
Internal Deadline: 10/10/2024
Institutional Submission Limit: 1
Sponsor Deadline: 12/09/2024
Program Website

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.

The St. Baldrick’s Scholar (career development) Award is intended to develop the independent pediatric cancer research careers of highly qualified junior investigators.  Research projects must have direct applicability and relevance to pediatric cancer – in any discipline of basic, clinical, translational, or epidemiologic research. The award is up to $110,000 year for 3 years, with a possible opportunity to apply for up to an additional 2 years at $115,000/year.

Please see the guidelines for Eligibility Requirements/Qualifications

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

Timeline
Letter of Intent (LOI) Due: December 9, 2024 5PM ET
Full Proposal Due: February 28, 2025 5PM ET
Award decisions announced by June 26, 2025
Award period begins: July 1, 2025

 

Submission Process

Limited submissions MUST be coordinated with the Office of the Vice President for Research.

If interested in applying for this opportunity, please combine the following items into a single PDF and email to resdev@mailbox.sc.edu by 5pm on the INTERNAL DEADLINE above:

• Cover page with grant program name & number (if applicable) to which you are applying, your project title, PI (name, department/unit, & email), and list of co-PIs/key collaborators (name & department/unit)
• a two-page project abstract addressing key components/criteria for this specific grant program
• a 2-3 page CV/biosketch for the PI (SCiENcv preferred)