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.
St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital - $15,000
$15,000.00
October 2012
Establishment and Characterization of Renewable Tissue Resources for DIPG Research
DIPG Registry - $219,000
$219,000.00
January 2012
Establishment of an International DIPG Registry
Texas Children's Cancer Center - $100,000
$100,000.00
November 2011
Eliminating Therapy-Resistant Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas with Oncolytic Picorna Virus SVV-001
Duke University - $82,049
$82,049.00
November 2011
Preclinical Evaluation of Systemic and Direct Delivery of a PDGFR-Alpha Antibody
Doernbecher Children's Hospital - $100,000
$100,000.00
November 2011
Rapid Preclinical Development of a Targeted Therapy Combination for DIPG.
Sydney Children's Hospital - $100,000
$100,000.00
August 2011
Robotic screening for novel therapies for diffuse pontine gliomas
St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital - $35,000
$35,000.00
September 2010
PI3K signaling effectors in DIPG
Cincinnati Children's Hospital - $35,000
$35,000.00
September 2010
Establishment of a pre-clinical model for pediatric glioblastoma