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 $25,395,277 (USD) in pediatric brain cancer research in partnership with the DIPG / DMG Collaborative. This includes 167 grants at over 100 hospitals in 29 countries.
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UPMC Children's Hospital – $50,000
$50,000.00
September 2021
The Role of QPRT and NAD Pathways in DIPG Treatment Resistance
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University of Queensland Diamantina Institute – $100,000
$100,000.00
September 2021
Innovative Models of the Brain Microenvironment to Identify New Treatments for Medulloblastoma
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Duke University Hospital – $50,000
$50,000.00
September 2021
Identifying Oncolytic Viral Therapy Resistance Mechanisms in Brain Tumors
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Funding of PBTCF 2021: PBTC-059 - $25,000
$25,000.00
January 2021
Phase 1 Trial of Autologous HER2-specific CAR T cells in Pediatric Patients with Refractory or Recurrent Ependymoma
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International DIPG/DMG Registry And Repository - $1,508,198
$1,508,198.00
December 2020
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Children's Cancer Institute - $99,251
$99,251.00
September 2020
Discovering New Epigenetic Players in DIPG Oncogenesis
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital - $110,000
$110,000.00
September 2020
Development of Histone Demethylase Inhibitor Against DIPG
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The Hospital for Sick Children - $100,000
$100,000.00
September 2020
Methionne Deptrivation as a Therapeutic Strategy for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
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Hunter Medical Research Institute - $145,640
$145,640.00
September 2020
Combatt DMG: Combined Anti-tumor Targeting of Diffuse Midline Gliomas
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CONNECT Consortium - $489,801.26
$489,801.00
September 2020
CONNECT (COllaborative Network for NEurooncology Clinical Trials) Consortium
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International DIPG/DMG Registry And Repository - $862,671
$862,671.00
May 2020
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Funding of PBTCF 2020: PBTC-058 - $25,000
$25,000.00
January 2020
PBTC-058: Phase 2 Study of Intraventricular Omburtamab-based Radioimmunotherapy for Pediatric Patients with Recurrent Medulloblastoma and Ependymoma
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Sydney Children's Hospital - $151,468
$151,468.00
December 2019
Developing New Epigenetic Combination Treatments Against DIPG.
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Oncoceutics ONC201 - $100,000
$100,000.00
December 2019
Expansion of the ONC201 Compassionate Use.
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University of Sydney - $100,000
$100,000.00
November 2019
Targeting hypoxia and mitochondrial metabolism with repurposing drugs as an approach of radiosensitization for diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas.