Research
And Grants
To further our mission, we annually award research grants to institutions and medical professionals whose research focuses on cancers that present the greatest opportunities for a homerun cancer cure.
Note: When clicking the "Submit Grant Application" button below you will be redirected to SnapGrant.com to complete the application process.
The Cure Starts Now has funded $18,897,055 in pediatric brain cancer research in partnership with the DIPG / DMG Collaborative. This includes 119 grants at over 100 hospitals in 17 countries.
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago - $100,000
$100,000.00
November 2013
Ex-vivo expanded natural killer (NK) cells to target DIPG tumor cells in pre-clinical studies
The Hospital of Sick Children - $100,000
$100,000.00
November 2013
Investigating Mechanisms of Therapeutic Resistance in DIPG.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - $50,000
$50,000.00
November 2013
Phase II Trial of Molecularly Determined Treatment of Children and Young Adults with Newly Diagnosed Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas.
Texas Children's Cancer Center - $100,000
$100,000.00
November 2013
Targeting DIPGs in vivo in Intra-brain Stem Xenograft Mouse Models through Combined Radiation and Oncolytic Viral Therapy.
Children's National Medical Center - $99,979
$99,979.00
November 2013
Comparative Proteomic and RNA Sequencing of DIPGs
Sydney Children's Hospital - $100,000
$100,000.00
January 2013
Research of treatments for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)
Stanford University Medical Center - $35,589
$35,589.00
October 2012
A Combinatorial Approach to Target Cellular Subpopulations in DIPG
Texas Children's Cancer Center - $100,000
$100,000.00
October 2012
Preclinical Evaluation of Novel BMI-1 Inhibitors In Vivo in Intra-Brainstem Orthotopic Xenograft Mouse Models