St. Baldrick's Foundation-Pediatric Cancer
2019 Fellowship Award
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*Limited award-only ONE applicant is permitted. This award is for two years of fellowship training, with a possible additional year of funding based upon the demonstration of need and significant accomplishment. (See eligibility below for details.) These awards are granted for 3rd and 4th or 4th and 5th years of pediatric oncology research, with an opportunity for one (1) additional year of funding based upon need, significant accomplishment, and approved application.
St. Baldrick’s Foundation funds biomedical research in order to better understand the causes of pediatric cancers and to advance its prevention, treatment, and cure. The main output of this research is new knowledge.
# of applicants: ONE applicant (see internal submission guidelines)
Concurrent fellows with different funding periods are allowed.
Timeline:
Internal Cancer Institute deadline: June 18, 2018, 5 p.m. (see the internal submission guidelines)
Applicant selected notified by SCI: June 29, 2018
For applicant selected:
Institutional representative deadline-prior to the LOI submission (RPM/RMG): July 6, 2018, 12 noon**
**the Letter of intent (LOI) requires a signature page which must be signed by the applicant's RPM in RMG.
Letter of intent (for applicant selected in each category): July 13, 2018, 5 p.m. ET via proposal central
If invited to submit a full proposal (contact your RPM asap):
Institutional representative deadline (RPM/RMG): Aug. 24, 2017**
Full application: August 31, 2018, via proposal central
Award announcement: March 1, 2019
Fellowship begins: July 1, 2019
Guidelines
https://www.stbaldricks.org/for-researchers
Download a PDF file of the Fellowship Award guidelines
Purpose:
St. Baldrick’s Fellowships are granted for 3rd and 4th or 4th and 5th years of pediatric oncology research, with an opportunity for one (1) additional year of funding based upon need, significant accomplishment, and approved application. See the guidelines for additional details.
Eligibility:
St. Baldrick’s Fellowships are granted for 3rd and 4th or 4th and 5th years of pediatric oncology research, with an opportunity for one (1) additional year of funding based upon need, significant accomplishment, and approved application.
- Institutions must be located in the United States.
- All awards will be payable to the Fellow’s academic institution, nonprofit research institution or laboratory.
- Applicants should hold an M.D. or D.O. degree by the date the grant becomes effective.
- Applicants must be employed by an academic or non-profit research institution or laboratory.
- Fellows must have completed at least two years of fellowship training prior to becoming a St. Baldrick’s Fellow.
- Award is for two years of fellowship training, with a possible additional year of funding based upon the demonstration of need and significant accomplishment.
- Applicants must have a fellowship mentor who provides supervision, facilities and research support at an American Board of Pediatrics approved fellowship program in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.
- Applicants need not be American citizens; however, they must be associated with an American Board of Pediatrics approved fellowship program, or equivalent training.
St. Baldrick’s funds may not be used for human embryonic stem cell 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 (fall cycle)
- Education of new pediatric oncology researchers
Focus Areas:
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
- Epidemiologic studies and pediatric cancer predispositions
- Precision medicine
- Alternative and complementary therapies
Terms and Conditions
See the guidelines for details
INTERNAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
By June 18, 2018, 5 p.m. please send one PDF file (file name: Last Name_St. Baldricks_Fellowship_2019.pdf) containing the following (in the order listed below) to:
Denise Baughman
Project Manager, Stanford Cancer Institute
deniseb@stanford.edu
Institutional representative: you do not have to submit your internal proposal to your RPM in RMG for his or her approval, you can submit it directly to Denise per these instructions.
1) Title page
Title of this RFA: St. Baldrick's Foundation Fellowship Award
Project title
Area of focus: childhood cancer type or other research focus
Name of the PI (fellow), title, department, contact information, address, email, phone #
Faculty sponsor/mentor: name, title, department
2) Brief research proposal (one page) based on the sponsor's LOI guidelines
PI Name:
Project title:
Relevance of the proposed research project to the mission of St. Baldrick’s, to cure childhood cancers
Brief rationale for the proposed research project.
Brief timeline of the progression of research
3) PI's (fellow's) Biosketch
4) PI's Other funding (this must include your current or pending other support: name of sponsor, term, amount of funding)
Selection process
Your proposals will be reviewed by the Stanford Cancer Institute review committee. Denise Baughman will notify the applicant selected by June 29th so he/she can submit the Letter of intent to his/her RPM to sign by July 6, 2018.
