St. Baldrick’s Research Grant Awards
Sponsor: St. Baldrick’s FoundationInternal Deadline: 10/10/2024Institutional Submission Limit: 1Sponsor Deadline: 12/09/2024Program 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.
Research Grants are for pediatric cancer-focused research projects which are hypothesis driven and may be either laboratory, clinical, or epidemiological in nature. Grant will be $100,000/year for two years.
Please see the guidelines for additional information
Current pediatric cancer 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)