Office of Research

Research Grant Awards

Limited Submissions

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.

The St. Baldrick’s team and Scientific Advisors meet regularly to be sure St. Baldrick’s funds make the greatest impact on pediatric cancer research. Current 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 (primarily the fall grant cycle)

• 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

Application Instructions

Please submit:

  1. A one‐page letter of intent stating which Category you are applying for, with a description of proposed aims and approach.
  2. If the final application requires a diversity statement or statement of broader impacts, please summarize your plans to address the specific requirements on an additional page.
  3. CV (not biosketch) of the PI.

to limitedsubs@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, November 22, 2023. A required LOI is due 12/8/2023 if given the go‐ahead by the Limited Submissions review committee. If the sponsor invites a full proposal, that is due 2/23/2024 with the OSP deadline of 2/13/2024.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

2024

Deadlines
11/22/2023 UW Internal Deadline Closed
12/08/2023 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

St. Baldrick's Foundation

Funding amount

$100,000 (per year for 2 years)

Maximum Number of Applications

3 (1 in each Category: Research Grant, Scholar, International Scholar)

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.