Flexible Research Fund - Special Projects
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Purpose: Address key gaps in brain tumor research funding through innovative special projects.
Focus Areas:
- Emerging research areas
- Underexplored aspects of brain tumor research
- Leptomeningeal disease research
- Microbiome and brain tumor research
- Immunotherapy response and biomarkers
Background: The ABTA Flexible Research Fund was established to address key gaps in brain tumor research funding. This fund supports projects focused on research areas that few researchers investigate.
Example Project (2025):
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Isabella Glitza, Professor and melanoma oncologist, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Co-Lead: Dr. Golnaz Morad, cancer biologist and expert in microbiome research
- Focus: Studying the patient microbiome (gut and mouth bacteria) and its relationship to brain metastases characteristics and immunotherapy response
- Study Population: Patients with metastatic melanoma and leptomeningeal disease receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors
Funding Support (2025):
- Team Schladt Foundation
- Memorial gift made in memory of Debbi Schaubman
Contact Information:
- American Brain Tumor Association
- 8550 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Ste 550
- Chicago, IL 60631
- Phone: 773-577-8750
- Website: abta.org/research
What American Brain Tumor Association actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 5
- Total given
- $187K
- Median grant
- $30K
- Range
- $9,000–$100K
- By dollars: North Carolina 60%, Texas 19%, Illinois 16%. Top recipient cities: Raleigh, NC; Houston, TX; Hinsdale, IL.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Health Research Alliance · Raleigh, NC
Research grant
$100K
Society of Neuro Oncology (Sno) · Houston, TX
Research fellowships
$35K
Central Brain Tumor Registry of the US · Hinsdale, IL
Research grant
$30K
Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium (Btec) · Durham, NC
Research grant
$13K
American Association for Cancer Research · Philadelphia, PA
Research grant
$9,000
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Science research
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