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External Funding Source - Pediatric Cancer
American Brain Tumor Association
Translational Research Grant for Brain tumors
http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=21196
1/7/12, $75,000
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
9/1/11 $150,000. One- and two-year projects are funded up to a maximum total direct cost of $75,000 per year. Grants of $75,000 per year, however, are rare; grants in the $25,000 to $50,000 per year range are much more common. Budgets for up to $150,000 for a two-year project are acceptable.
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
1/10/12 LOI, 2/25/12 grant deadline
$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.. |
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