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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 $30,229,360 USD in pediatric brain cancer research in partnership with the DIPG / DMG Collaborative. This includes 199 grants at over 100 hospitals in 29 countries.






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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University of Queensland Diamantina Institute – $100,000 USD / $136,000 AUD (Approx)

Amount
$100,000.00 USD
Date
September 2021

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

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Duke University Hospital – $50,000

Amount
$50,000.00 USD
Date
September 2021

Identifying Oncolytic Viral Therapy Resistance Mechanisms in Brain Tumors

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Funding of PBTCF 2021: PBTC-059 - $25,000

Amount
$25,000.00 USD
Date
January 2021

Phase 1 Trial of Autologous HER2-specific CAR T cells in Pediatric Patients with Refractory or Recurrent Ependymoma

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International DIPG/DMG Registry And Repository - $1,508,198

Amount
$1,508,198.00 USD
Date
December 2020

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Children's Cancer Institute - $99,251 USD / $140,212 AUD (Approx)

Amount
$99,251.00 USD
Date
September 2020

Discovering New Epigenetic Players in DIPG Oncogenesis

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Northwestern Memorial Hospital - $110,000

Amount
$110,000.00 USD
Date
September 2020

Development of Histone Demethylase Inhibitor Against DIPG

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The Hospital for Sick Children - $100,000

Amount
$100,000.00 USD
Date
September 2020

Methionne Deptrivation as a Therapeutic Strategy for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma

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Hunter Medical Research Institute - $145,640 USD / $199,527 AUD (Approx)

Amount
$145,640.00 USD
Date
September 2020

Combatt DMG: Combined Anti-tumor Targeting of Diffuse Midline Gliomas

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CONNECT Consortium - $489,801.26

Amount
$489,801.00 USD
Date
September 2020

CONNECT (COllaborative Network for NEurooncology Clinical Trials) Consortium

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International DIPG/DMG Registry And Repository - $862,671

Amount
$862,671.00 USD
Date
May 2020

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Funding of PBTCF 2020: PBTC-058 - $25,000

Amount
$25,000.00 USD
Date
January 2020

PBTC-058: Phase 2 Study of Intraventricular Omburtamab-based Radioimmunotherapy for Pediatric Patients with Recurrent Medulloblastoma and Ependymoma

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Sydney Children's Hospital - $151,468 USD / $219,386 AUD (Approx)

Amount
$151,468.00 USD
Date
December 2019

Developing New Epigenetic Combination Treatments Against DIPG.

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