St. Baldrick's Foundation Spring Grant Cycle

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St. Baldrick's Foundation
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Brief Description

Spring Grant Cycle

Spring cycle grants are funded based on scientific review. The following categories are available in the Spring Cycle. For eligibility and application information, please follow the category links below.

Due to the impact of Covid-19 on fundraising, St. Baldrick’s will be only be offering Scholar, International Scholar, and Research Grant in the 2024 Spring grant cycle. 2025 announcements will be made when available.

St. Baldrick’s Scholars

  • The three (3) year Scholar (Career Development) Award, with an option for two (2) additional years based on progress, is meant to help develop the independent research of highly qualified individuals still early in their careers. Recipients are called St. Baldrick’s Scholars. Up to $110,000/year, three-year minimum.
  • Scholar (Career Development) Award LOI instructions

St. Baldrick’s International Scholars

  • This three (3) year award, with an option for two (2) additional years based on progress, is to train researchers from low-and middle-income countries (as classified by the World Bank) to prepare them to fill specific stated needs in an area of childhood cancer research upon returning to their country of origin. Recipients are called St. Baldrick’s International Scholars. Up to $110,000/year, three-year minimum.
  • International Scholar LOI instructions

Research Grant

  • These grants are for specific 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.
  • Research Grant LOI instructions

Supportive Care Research Grant

Due to the impact of Covid-19 on fundraising, St. Baldrick’s will not be offering Supportive Care Research Grants in the 2024 Spring grant cycle

  • These grants are for specific one-year research projects which are hypothesis-driven and focus on areas related to the supportive care of children and adolescents with cancer. Applications are accepted from Ph.D., D.N.P., M.D./D.O. holders. Examples include but are not limited to: studies related to symptom clusters, patient-reported outcomes or quality of life, health communication, health promotion, and psychosocial support across the trajectory from diagnosis to survivorship or end-of-life care. Average grant will be $50,000 or less.
  • Supportive Care Research Grant LOI instructions

Summer Fellowships

Due to the impact of Covid-19 on fundraising, St. Baldrick’s will not be offering Summer Fellowship in the 2024 Spring grant cycle

  • St. Baldrick’s offers Summer Fellowship Awards, funding stipends for students to work in a pediatric oncology setting for a summer. The total award, paid to the institution, is $5,000.

Consortium Research Grant

Due to the impact of Covid-19 on fundraising, St. Baldrick’s will not be offering Consortium Research Grants in the 2024 Spring grant cycle

  • These grants are for team science to support program projects, for a group of 3-5 or more institutions solving key questions in childhood cancer. These grants may be for up to five years.
  • Consortium Research Grant LOI instructions