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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.






The Institute of Cancer Research – $501,183

Amount
$501,183.00 USD
Date
November 2022

Translating Mechanism to Patient Benefit for ACVR1-Mutant Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)

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Cincinnati Children's Hospital – $50,000

Amount
$50,000.00 USD
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 USD
Date
March 2022

Renewal of the European DIPG/DMG Registry

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Funding of PBTCF 2022 - $25,000

Amount
$25,000.00 USD
Date
January 2022

Massachusetts General Hospital – $50,000

Amount
$50,000.00 USD
Date
November 2021

Targeted Protein Degradation for DIPG Therapy

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CONNECT2007 - $345,794

Amount
$345,794.00 USD
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 USD
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 USD
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 USD
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 USD
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 USD / $265,645 AUD (Approx)

Amount
$195,327.00 USD
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 USD
Date
September 2021

Multimodality, Combination Treatment Strategy for DIPG/DMG

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Children's Cancer Institute – $50,000 USD / $68,000 AUD (Approx)

Amount
$50,000.00 USD
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 USD
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 USD
Date
September 2021

The Role of QPRT and NAD Pathways in DIPG Treatment Resistance

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