Pablove Childhood Cancer Research Grants

Pablove Childhood Cancer Research Grants

Funder: The Pablove Foundation Inc (CA, US)

Award Amount: $50,000 per grant

Purpose: Fund innovative basic, translational, clinical and epidemiological research directed to pediatric and adolescent cancer. Applications focusing on Wilms tumor and rare childhood cancers receive preference.

Eligibility

• Target Applicants: Senior postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty (M.D. or Ph.D.), and established investigators
• Applications from senior fellows and junior faculty investigators are particularly encouraged
• Research must address pediatric and adolescent cancer

Focus Areas

• Wilms tumor (preferred)
• Rare childhood cancers (preferred)
• Basic research
• Translational research
• Clinical research
• Epidemiological research

Award Details

• Award period: 1 year
• Opportunity to renew funding based on scientific merit
• Direct costs funding

Review Process

• Reviewed by Pablove's Scientific Advisory Committee
• Recommendations made to Board of Directors
• Applicants notified of decision following board approval

Organization Background

• Mission: Fight childhood cancer with love
• Founded: 2008 (founded by Jeff Castelaz following his son Pablo's diagnosis with Wilms tumor)
• Type: Non-profit 501(c)(3) organization (EIN 26-3006100)
• Location: 8149 Santa Monica Blvd #993, West Hollywood, CA 90046
• Website: pablove.org

Scientific Advisory Committee

Composed of doctors from leading research institutions including:
• Saro Armenian, M.D. (City of Hope)
• Shahab Asgharzadeh, M.D. (USC/CHLA)
• Elizabeth Lawlor, M.D. (University of Michigan)
• Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD (Harvard/Children's Hospital Boston)
• Joshua Shiffman, M.D. (Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City)
• Lisa Wang, M.D. (Baylor University/Texas Children's Cancer Center)
• Daniel Weschler, M.D., Ph.D. (Duke University Medical Center)