Research
And Grants
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Submit Grant ApplicationThe Cure Starts Now follows an extensive grant approval process to ensure your dollars make the biggest impact to homerun cancer research. Take comfort in knowing that The Cure Starts Now only funds: research that follows our mission, research that is non-duplicative, and research that is financially sound.
The Cure Starts Now has funded $24,934,877 (USD) in pediatric brain cancer research in partnership with the DIPG / DMG Collaborative. This includes 161 grants at over 100 hospitals in 29 countries.
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
Cincinnati Children's Hospital - $75,000
$75,000.00
March 2010
Telomerase: A Therapeutic Target in Pediatric Brain Tumors
Weill Cornell Medical College - $91,740
$91,740.00
March 2010
Phase I Study of tumor-targeting Convection-Enhanced Delivery (CED) of radio immunotherapy for Diffuse Pontine Glioma in Children.
St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital - $10,000
$10,000.00
July 2009
Molecular Analysis of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital - $50,000
$50,000.00
July 2009
National expansion of the study of Radiotherapy and concurrent Bevacizumab +/- Temozolamide followed by Bevacizumab, Irinotecan +/- Temozolamide in patients with newly diagnosed high grade gliomas and DIPG.
St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital - $50,000
$50,000.00
July 2009
Phase I Study of the combination of Vandetanib and Dasatinib administered during and after radiation therapy in the children with newly diagnosed DIPG.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital - $50,000
$50,000.00
September 2008
Study of Radiotherapy and concurrent Bevacizumab +/- Temozolamide followed by Bevacizumab, Irinotecan +/- Temozolamide in patients with newly diagnosed high grade gliomas and DIPG.
St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital - $25,000
$25,000.00
September 2008
Molecular Analysis of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas.