The CURE Childhood Cancer is seeking applications for its 2026 Research Grant.
Donor Name: CURE Childhood Cancer
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/13/2026
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
CURE Childhood Cancer’s mission is to conquer childhood cancer through funding targeted research while supporting patients and their families. CURE invests millions of dollars each year into the most promising childhood cancer research, working to ensure children have the best chance to survive their cancer without sacrificing their future health and quality of life.
CURE offers two different types of childhood cancer research grants: Translation to Cure (T2C) award and an Early Investigator (EI) award.
- Translation to CURE award (T2C) – open to investigators at any stage of their career (Assistant to Full Professor). The award term will be up to 2 years with support of $150,000 per year in direct costs plus 10% indirect costs (Total award = $330,000).
- Early Investigator award (EI) – open to beginning scientists and physician scientists at the Instructor or Assistant Professor level. Physician scientists (MD or MD/PhD) who are within 5 years of completion of their clinical (or terminal) fellowship training and are beginning to establish a research career may apply as Instructors or Assistant Professors. PhD scientists within 5 years of an initial appointment as a tenure track Assistant Professor are also invited to apply for this award. The award term will be up to 2 years with support of $100,000 per year in direct costs plus 10% indirect costs (Total award = $220,000).
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants for Research Grants from CURE Childhood Cancer must be full-time faculty at a US-based, nonprofit research institution. Applications will not be accepted from for-profit institutions or federal or state government laboratories (e.g. NIH or National Laboratories).
- A single, Principal Investigator (PI) must be designated as fully responsible for the conduct of the project, and a PI cannot hold more than one grant at a time from CURE. CURE will accept only one application from a PI; however, this does not preclude participation of the PI in secondary roles on other applications or grants.
For more information, visit CURE Childhood Cancer.
