St. Baldrick's International Scholars
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St. Baldrick's International Scholars supports early-career researchers from low- and middle-income countries with training and research to address childhood cancer needs and build research capacity at home.
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Funder: St. Baldrick's Foundation
Due Dates: December 8, 2026, 5 p.m. ET (LOI) | March 5, 2027, 5 p.m. ET (Invited application)
Funding Amounts: Up to $110,000 annually for three years, with two optional extension years at up to $115,000 annually
Summary: Trains early-career researchers from low- and middle-income countries to address childhood cancer research needs upon returning home.
Key Information: Applicants must commit to returning to their institution of origin after training at a high-income-country sponsoring institution.
Description
St. Baldrick's International Scholars supports researchers from World Bank-classified low- and middle-income countries through training that addresses specific childhood cancer research needs in their countries of origin. The proposal must connect two to three years of training at a sponsoring institution with implementation of a carefully constructed research project at the institution of origin, demonstrating a realistic impact on pediatric cancer research at home.
Run by St. Baldrick's Foundation within its Spring grant cycle, the program aims to build lasting research capacity. Selection considers the quality and impact of training, the Scholar's potential to train other investigators, and the home institution's commitment to sustaining the research program. Resource sharing is an expected outcome, supporting collaboration, reproducibility, and faster translation of discoveries into cures for children with cancer.
