Research

And Grants

To further our mission, we annually award research grants to institutions and medical professionals whose research focuses on cancers that present the greatest opportunities for a homerun cancer cure.

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The Cure Starts Now has funded $21,325,827 in pediatric brain cancer research in partnership with the DIPG / DMG Collaborative. This includes 135 grants at over 100 hospitals in 17 countries.




Cincinnati Children's Hospital – $50,000

Amount
$50,000.00
Date
May 2022

Targeting Histone Lysine Demethylases to Treat Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma

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SIOPe DIPG/DMG Registry – $779,018

Amount
$779,018.00
Date
March 2022

Renewal of the European DIPG/DMG Registry

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Funding of PBTCF 2022 - $25,000

Amount
$25,000.00
Date
January 2022

Massachusetts General Hospital – $50,000

Amount
$50,000.00
Date
November 2021

Targeted Protein Degradation for DIPG Therapy

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CONNECT2007 - $385,794

Amount
$385,794.00
Date
September 2021

Phase I/II Study of Lutathera in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients with Recurrent and/or Progressive High-Grade Central Nervous System (CNS) Tumors and Meningiomas which Express Somatostatin Type 2A Receptors and Demonstrate Uptake on DOTATATE

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CONNECT2109A - $705,764

Amount
$705,764.00
Date
September 2021

CONNECT2109A: A molecularly-guided phase II study of ribociclib and everolimus in children and young adults with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and high-grade glioma (HGG)

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CONNECT Consortium - $278,619

Amount
$278,619.00
Date
September 2021

Immuno-Modulation to Treat Poor-Prognosis Pediatric Brain Tumors

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Institute of Cancer Research – $113,747

Amount
$113,747.00
Date
September 2021

Co-Culture Disruptor Screens to Target Cell-Cell Interactions in DMG

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Institute of Cancer Research – $498,716

Amount
$498,716.00
Date
September 2021

Translating Mechanism to Patient Benefit for ACVR1-Mutant Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) - An International Connect Consortium Preclinical / Clinical

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Sydney Children’s Hospital – $195,327

Amount
$195,327.00
Date
September 2021

Phase I/II Study of Oral DFMO and AMXT1501 for DIPG/DMG

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Children’s Hospital of Colorado – $200,000

Amount
$200,000.00
Date
September 2021

Multimodality, Combination Treatment Strategy for DIPG/DMG

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Children's Cancer Institute – $50,000

Amount
$50,000.00
Date
September 2021

Developing Novel Combination Therapies for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma

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Cincinnati Children's Hospital – $200,000

Amount
$200,000.00
Date
September 2021

Targeting Purine Synthesis and One Carbon Metabolism in DIPG

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UPMC Children's Hospital – $50,000

Amount
$50,000.00
Date
September 2021

The Role of QPRT and NAD Pathways in DIPG Treatment Resistance

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University of Queensland Diamantina Institute – $100,000

Amount
$100,000.00
Date
September 2021

Innovative Models of the Brain Microenvironment to Identify New Treatments for Medulloblastoma

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