CURE Childhood Cancer: Early Investigator award (EI) Grant

The CURE Childhood Cancer Early Investigator Award supports emerging scientists in the fight against pediatric cancer. This grant offers up to $150,000 per year for two years, totaling $330,000. It is designed for early-career researchers at US-based nonprofit institutions, particularly those at the Instructor or Assistant Professor level. The award aims to foster innovative research that can lead to effective treatments for childhood cancer, emphasizing the importance of collaboration and scientific advancement.

CURE is dedicated to conquering childhood cancer through funding targeted research while supporting patients and their families.
Research Grants
CURE offers two different types of research grants: Translation to Cure (T2C) award and an Early Investigator (EI) award.
The award term will be up to 2 years with support of $100,000 per year in direct costs plus 10% indirect costs (Total award = $220,000).

Eligibility

Applicants for Research Grants from CURE Childhood Cancer must be full-time faculty at a US-based, nonprofit research institution. Early Investigator award (EI) is open to beginning scientists and physician scientists at the Instructor or Assistant Professor level. Physician scientists (MD or MD/PhD) who are within 5 years of completion of their clinical (or terminal) fellowship training and are beginning to establish a research career may apply as Instructors or Assistant Professors.PhD scientists within 5 years of an initial appointment as a tenure track Assistant Professor are also invited to apply for this award. A single, Principal Investigator (PI) must be designated as fully responsible for the conduct of the project.The PI must hold a terminal scientific degree such as MD or PhD (or equivalent), have appointment as a full-time faculty member of a nonprofit research-based institution, and have a track record of publication and funding productivity that demonstrates the project can be accomplished by the investigator. CURE will accept only one application from a PI; however, this does not preclude participation of the PI in secondary roles on other applications or grants.

Ineligibility

Applications will not be accepted from for-profit institutions or federal or state government laboratories (e.g. NIH or National Laboratories).A PI cannot hold more than one grant at a time from CURE.