Research
And Grants
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Submit Grant ApplicationThe 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.

Johns Hopkins Hospital – $100,000
$100,000.00
December 2024
Leveraging Epigenetic Alterations for Therapy of Diffuse Midline Glioma

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia – $100,000
$100,000.00
December 2024
Cytokine Signaling in Diffuse Midline Glioma to Enhance GD2-Directed CAR T Cell Trafficking

UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy – $50,000
$50,000.00
December 2024
Leveraging Open Science and Collaboration to Identify Clinical Quality ALK2 Inhibitors for DIPG

Murdoch Children's Research Institute – $100,000 USD / $156,914 AUD
$100,000.00
December 2024
Harnessing Developmental Neurobiology to Reprogram the Cell of Origin of Diffuse Midline Gliomas

Children’s Cancer Institute – $70,400 USD / $110,467 AUD
$70,400.00
December 2024
A Novel Formulation to Allow the Simultaneous Targeting of MYC Expression and Copper Chelation to Treat DIPG Tumor and Overcome Multidrug Resistance

The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada – $40,000 USD / 143,580 INS
$40,000.00
December 2024
CXCR1/2 Signaling Pathway: A Role in the Invasive Mechanism of DIPG

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta – $100,000
$100,000.00
November 2024
Radiation Resistance in Medulloblastoma

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio – $100,000
$100,000.00
November 2024
Targeting Metabolic Vulnerabilities for Treating Medulloblastoma

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio – $50,000
$50,000.00
November 2024
Targeting RRNA Modification and SNORNA Function, A Novel Concept to Treat Aggressive Medulloblastoma

Children’s National Medical Center – $300,000
$300,000.00
November 2024
Multilamellar H3K27M RNA aggregates targeting diffuse midline glioma, including diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.

Children's Hospital Los Angeles – $100,000
$100,000.00
October 2024
Targeting FOXR2 in Diffuse Midline Gliomas

University Hospital of Navarra - $100,000 USD, €92,637 EUR
$100,000.00
October 2024
Targeting Diffuse Midline Glioma vulnerabilities as a therapeutic strategy.

The Institute of Cancer Research – $111,445 USD / £85,976 GBP
$111,445.00
October 2024
Unravelling transcriptional plasticity as a non-genetic mechanism of drug resistance in DMG.

Children’s Cancer Institute – $100,000 USD / $150,589 AUD
$100,000.00
October 2024
Targeting lactate production pathways as a novel therapy against DIPG

Sydney Children's Hospital - Randwick – $196,577 USD / $296,025.11 AUD
$196,577.00
October 2024
Unlocking the potential of the blood-brain barrier in the fight against paediatric brain gliomas.