Research
And Grants
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Submit Grant ApplicationThe 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.
The Cure Starts Now has funded $25,395,277 (USD) in pediatric brain cancer research in partnership with the DIPG / DMG Collaborative. This includes 167 grants at over 100 hospitals in 29 countries.

University of Michigan Hospitals - $157,856
$157,856.00
November 2019
Therapeutic reversal of pre-natal pontine ID1 signaling in DIPG

Dayton Children's Hospital - $69,600
$69,600.00
November 2019
Responses of distinct cell populations to PDGFRA inhibitors in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.

Institute of Cancer Research - $121,863
$121,863.00
November 2019
Targeting Top3A-Amplified DIPG cells by Sirtuin inhibition.

Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital - $49,803
$49,803.00
August 2019
Using imaging mass cytometry to identify next generation imaging biomarkers in PHGG and DIPG.

Telethon Kids Institute - $49,512
$49,512.00
August 2019
Development of a new and effective therapy against Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma.

Oncoceutics ONC201 - Phase II - $83,333
$83,333.00
May 2019
Expansion of the ONC201 Compassionate Use.

Funding of PBTCF 2019: PBTC-058 - $25,000
$25,000.00
January 2019
PBTC-058: Phase 2 Study of Intraventricular Omburtamab-based Radioimmunotherapy for Pediatric Patients with Recurrent Medulloblastoma and Ependymoma

Sydney Children’s Hospital - $175,089
$175,089.00
November 2018
Polyamine Pathway Metabolism as a Novel Therapeutic Option for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma

Cincinnati Children's Hospital - $540,742
$540,742.00
November 2018
Expansion of the International DIPG Registry.

Bambino Gesú Children's Hospital - $99,382
$99,382.00
November 2018
Investigating the Role of DIPG-Derived Exosomes in Tumor Growth and Invasion.

Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago - $35,000
$35,000.00
November 2018
Credentialing an Improved DIPG Mouse Model.

Oncoceutics ONC201 - $83,333
$83,333.00
October 2018
Expansion of the ONC201 Compassionate Use.

The Institute of Cancer Research - $100,000
$100,000.00
October 2018
Short-pulse Ultrasound Delivery of Panobinostat for the Treatment of Diffuse Intrinsic Gliomas in Children

The Institute of Cancer Research - $106,647
$106,647.00
October 2018
A Mouse Model of HIST1H3B/ACVR1 Mutant DIPG.

Johns Hopkins Children's Center - $50,000
$50,000.00
July 2018
Using Zebrafish to Accelerate DIPG Drug Development.