Emerging Scientist Awards
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Deadline
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Grant Type
foundation
Overview
Emerging Scientist Awards
Program Focus: Support for highly qualified postdoctoral students to explore their own research ideas early in their careers
Purpose:
Children's Cancer Research Fund provides Emerging Scientist Awards to support young investigators who are postdoctoral students around the country. The program helps address the challenge that public funding for biomedical research has remained stagnant since the early 2000s, making it especially difficult for young researchers without extensive published research to compete for funding.
Award Details:
Program Goals:
The awards allow young researchers to:
Geographic Service Area: United States
Organization: Children's Cancer Research Fund (Minnesota-based)
What Children's Cancer Research Fund actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 42
- Total given
- $6.36M
- Median grant
- $125K
- Range
- $9,166–$750K
- By dollars: Minnesota 38%, Pennsylvania 13%, Washington 12%. Top recipient cities: Minneapolis, MN; Boston, MA; Philadelphia, PA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 39% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Seattle, WA
Dr. soheil meshinchi for a clinical trial focused on rare aml
$750K
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA
Dr. john maris for pediatric neuroblastoma research
$650K
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN
Capital fund
$650K
Lad in a Battle LLC · York, ME
For big dreams tour
$175K
The Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI
Dr. anao zhang for research on pediatric cancer survivors
$150K
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