Funder: Kids Beating Cancer
Due Dates: July 6, 2026 (Extended LOI deadline: three research grants; Emerging Scientist application) | October 16, 2026 (Invited research proposals) | November 6, 2026 (Promising Scientist application)
Funding Amounts: Research grants: up to $200,000–$300,000 over 2–3 years; trainee grants: $10,000–$25,000 over 1–6 months
Summary: Supports basic and translational pediatric cancer research and mentored trainee projects to advance discoveries toward treatments.
Key Information: Research institutions must be based in the United States and have nonprofit or academic status.
Description
Kids Beating Cancer funds innovative, high-impact pediatric cancer research with the potential to advance into life-saving clinical trials and therapies. Its research portfolio spans basic science, therapeutic development, biomarker research, and translational studies intended to benefit children within several years. The Scientific Advisory Board reviews applications annually, sets research priorities, and guides investment in new areas of discovery.
Three research grants support leukemia and other pediatric cancers, while the Emerging Scientist and Promising Scientist grants develop future researchers through mentored projects. Trainees may join their mentor’s ongoing investigation or begin their own project, at their own institution or another institution. Promising Scientist funding targets a discrete, self-contained research question within a larger investigation.
