Rally Career Development Award

Rally Career Development Award

Funder: Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research

Award Amount: $100,000 per year for three years

Purpose: Provides opportunity for investigators to develop independent research by funding a significant portion of their salary to ensure protected research time. Helps investigators progress from mentorship to independence.

Eligibility:

Investigators in their first independent faculty appointment

At a critical career stage where they must establish themselves through research, publications and grant funding

Nominated by invited institutions (institution must be invited to nominate)

One researcher per invited institution

Research Focus Areas: Rally research grants must address at least one of the following priority areas:

Innovative approaches to research that could lead to advanced studies, better delivery of treatment or clinical trials

Basic science studies that are likely to lead to a new discovery

Under-studied cancer types

Quality of life, survivorship and palliative care studies

Personalized, targeted, alternative or integrative research proposals

Data utilization through data standardization, collection, storage, analysis and sharing

Geographic Scope: International (institutions worldwide)

Research Levels Funded: Bench science, translational, and clinical research

Selection Process: Competitive dual peer-review process conducted by Rally Medical Advisory Board (leading childhood cancer experts)

Contact Information:

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (404) 847-1270

Mailing Address: 5775 Glenridge Drive Building B, Suite 370 Atlanta, GA 30328

Federal Tax ID: #20-1950849

Background: Rally Foundation has awarded $40.5 million in childhood cancer research grants funding 683 projects at institutions worldwide between 2006 and 2025. In 2026, 14 Career Development Awards were given.