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The Cure Starts Now follows an extensive grant approval process to ensure your dollars make the biggest impact to homerun cancer research. Take comfort in knowing that The Cure Starts Now only funds: research that follows our mission, research that is non-duplicative, and research that is financially sound.

Grant Approval Process

Grant Approval Process

The Cure Starts Now has funded $29,679,360 USD in pediatric brain cancer research in partnership with the DIPG / DMG Collaborative. This includes 196 grants at over 100 hospitals in 29 countries.






Emory University Hospital – $100,000

Amount
$100,000.00 USD
Date
December 2025

Sumoylation as a Novel Therapeutic Target in DIPG

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Children’s Hospital Colorado – $99,974

Amount
$99,974.00 USD
Date
December 2025

A Diffuse Midline Glioma Combination/Multimodality Clinical Trial and Investigation

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Emory University Hospital – $200,000

Amount
$200,000.00 USD
Date
December 2025

Advancing T Cell Therapy for DMG Using Tumor-Directed Gamma Delta T Cells and TLR7/8 Agonist Immunomodulation

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University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital – $200,000

Amount
$200,000.00 USD
Date
December 2025

Intranasal Delivery of Oncolytic Virus in DMG

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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine – $99,000

Amount
$99,000.00 USD
Date
December 2025

Proinflammatory Myeloid Cells with GD2.CAR as Immunotherapy for High Grade Gliomas, Including Pediatric Diffuse Midline Gliomas

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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine – $100,000

Amount
$100,000.00 USD
Date
December 2025

Imaging of DMG Stem Cells Using Mannose-Weighted CEST MRI

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Children's National Medical Center – $200,000

Amount
$200,000.00 USD
Date
December 2025

“Targeted and Tuned: GPNMB/B7H3 Dual-Targeting CAR T-Cells With Focused Ultrasound for Potent Immunotherapy in Pediatric Gliomas

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Children's National Medical Center – $200,000

Amount
$200,000.00 USD
Date
December 2025

Multilamellar H3K27M RNA Aggregates Targeting Diffuse Midline Glioma

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The International DIPG/DMG Registry – $1,405,679

Amount
$1,405,679.00 USD
Date
November 2025

Years 2025-2028

Seattle Children’s Hospital – $1,000,000 (Installment 1 of 4)

Amount
$250,000.00 USD
Date
September 2025

Augmentation of the tumor immune microenvironment to enhance B7-H3 CAR T cell efficacy against diffuse midline glioma

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Princess Maxima Center – $50,000

Amount
$50,000.00 USD
Date
July 2025

Monitoring Nanobody-Based B7H3 CAR-T Cell Behavior and Efficacy in Diffuse Midline Glioma

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Johns Hopkins Hospital – $100,000

Amount
$100,000.00 USD
Date
December 2024

Leveraging Epigenetic Alterations for Therapy of Diffuse Midline Glioma

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CONNECT Consortium (TarGeT 2025) - $32,230 USD / $50,000 AUD

Amount
$32,230.00 USD
Date
December 2024

TarGeT 2025

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CONNECT Consortium (TarGeT 2026) - $32,230 USD / $50,000 AUD

Amount
$32,230.00 USD
Date
December 2024

TarGeT 2026

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CONNECT Consortium (TarGeT 2027) - $6,445 USD / $10,000 AUD

Amount
$6,445.00 USD
Date
December 2024

TarGeT 2027

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