St. Baldrick's Research Grant
Sponsor: St. Baldrick's FoundationInternal Deadline: 10/31/2025Institutional Submission Limit: 1Sponsor Deadline: 12/08/2025Program Website
The St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer and donor powered charity committed to supporting the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives.
Research Grants are for pediatric cancer-focused research projects that are hypothesis driven and may be either laboratory, clinical, or epidemiological in nature. Grants will be $100,000/year for two years.
Please see the Research Grant guidelines for additional information, including eligibility.
Current pediatric cancer funding priorities are divided into four categories:
• New discovery research
• Translational research and early phase clinical trials
• Phase III clinical trials & infrastructure support of participating institutions (not for this funding cycle/grants)
• Education of new pediatric oncology researchers
In addition to research to understand the biology of childhood cancers and discover leads to more effective treatments, topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Adolescents & young adults
• Survivorship, outcomes, and quality of life
• Supportive care
• Epidemiology and pediatric cancer predispositions
• Precision medicine
• Alternative & complementary therapies
For questions regarding this opportunity, please contact: Chris Segars, Corporate and Foundation Relations, University Development; O: 803-576-6139, chris.segars@sc.edu
Submission Process
Limited submissions MUST be coordinated with the Office of the Vice President for Research and the Office of Corporate & Foundation Relations.
If interested in applying for this opportunity, please combine the following items into a single PDF and email to USCcfr@sc.edu by 5pm on the INTERNAL DEADLINE above:
- Cover page with grant program name, your project title, and PI (name, department/unit, & email)
- a two-page project abstract addressing key components/criteria for this specific grant program
- a 2-3 page CV/biosketch for the PI