Office of Research

Scholar & Research Grants

Limited Submissions

Fellows are funded based on scientific review. Infrastructure grants are funded based on need, expected outcomes, and local St. Baldrick's participation, with a strong priority on geographic areas with no other St. Baldrick's funding.

Scholar (Career Development) Awards, $110,000 per year, three year minimum

The three (3) year Scholar (Career Development) Award, with an option for two (2) additional years based on progress, is meant to help develop the independent research of highly qualified individuals still early in their careers.

International Scholars, $110,000 per year, three year minimum

This three (3) year award, with an option for two (2) additional years based on progress, is to train researchers from low-and middle-income countries (as classified by the World Bank) to prepare them to fill specific stated needs in an area of childhood cancer research upon returning to their country of origin. 

Research Grants, $100,000 per year for two years

These grants are for specific research projects which are hypothesis driven and may be either laboratory, clinical, or epidemiological in nature.

Application Instructions

Please submit as one combined pdf labeled with PI’s Lastname, Firstname:

  1. A one‐page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach.
  2. If the final application requires a statement of broader impacts, please summarize your plans to address the specific requirements on an additional page.
  3. CV (not biosketch) of the PI including past grant funding.

to limitedsubs@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, November 12, 2025. Required letters of intent are due to the sponsor 12/8/2025 if given the go‐ahead by the Limited Submissions review committee. 

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

2026 Spring

Deadlines
11/12/2025 UW Internal Deadline Open
12/08/2025 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

St. Baldrick's Foundation

Funding amount

$100,000 (or $110,000 depending on the category)

Maximum Number of Applications

1 (for each funding category)

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.