American Brain Tumor Association
Translational Research Grant for Brain tumors
http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=21196

1/7/09, $50,000

Pediatric, benign, or low-grade brain tumors are strongly encouraged as is research of radiation necrosis or long term effects of radiation therapy

A-T Children's Project Grants
http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=3015

Continuous, $200,000

In most cases, a grant decision will be made and communicated to the applicant within 60 days after the proposal is received at the A-T Children's Project's offices.

Project announces competitive awards for basic research grants related to Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T) a lethal genetic disease that attacks children, causing muscle control, cancer and immune system problems

Blowitz Foundation Grants
http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=24385

Continuous, Amount not specified

One of its primary funding areas is the support of nonprofit agencies that provide medical, psychiatric, and psychological care to economically disadvantaged children and youth. Program and capital grants will be made to organizations in support of, but not limited to, the following purposes: medical, psychiatric, psychological, or residential care; and research programs in medicine, psychology, social science, and education.
Preference is given to applicants from Illinois.

Hope Street Kids

Grant and Fellowship Program in Pediatric Cancer

http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/fo2/getRec?id=112109

http://www.hopestreetkids.org/grants_research/applications.php

1/10/09

$40,000 per year for 2 years

Hope Street Kids, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the elimination of childhood cancer through advocacy, education, and the support of pioneering research in pediatric oncology, invites applications for funding of projects in the following areas in order of first priority:
1. Basic, translational, clinical, and applied research projects and fellowships
2. Palliative and pain management or procedural pain management associated with cancer and treatment (e.g., innovative pain-free diagnostic testing for routine procedures such as blood draws or spinal taps)
3. Behavioral intervention projects to support children and their families as they cope with cancer diagnosis and treatment
4. Psychosocial research directed at understanding and improving the impact of cancer and cancer treatment on children and their families.

Priority will be given in the following areas:
1. Focus on pediatric cancers, especially solid tumors
2. Post-doctoral fellowships for pediatric cancer research
3. Grants for junior faculty development in pediatric cancer research at the instructor or assistant professor level. In particular, precedence will be given to fostering promising fellow's transition to faculty positions.
4. Creative or innovative approaches to pediatric cancer research, which could potentially become advanced studies or clinical trials with initial seed support. more..