The Office of Foundations Relations is pleased to share these two open calls for funding from CureSearch.
UCSC Contact: Sarah Carle | sacarle@ucsc.edu
Funder: CureSearch for Children’s Cancer
Program: Young Investigator
Program: Catapult Award
Deadline: July 18, 2022
Young Investigator
Funding: $75,000 per year for up to three years
Through our Young Investigator awards, we combat the loss of promising scientists from the field by providing financial support to investigators early in their research careers and providing them with career development and mentoring opportunities. These grants are limited to truly transformational science designed to deliver innovative cancer treatments toward clinical trials and train the next generation of pediatric cancer researchers.
Catapult Awards
Funding: $500,000-$2.5 million
CureSearch’s Catapult Award program aims to accelerate the development of novel, innovative, less-toxic treatments for children with cancer. The goal of the Catapult Award is to overcome barriers to pediatric cancer drug development by providing meaningful funding in order to advance the development of promising oncology research out of the lab and into clinical trials. Catapult Awards provide funding for Phase 1 or Phase 2 clinical trials that advance promising therapies for pediatric cancer. The Catapult Award uniquely funds cutting-edge clinical trials that begin enrolling patients in less than a year, and every applicant must provide a development plan that demonstrates their ability to move into later-phase clinical trials if successful.
Timeline
- July 18, 2022 LOI deadline
- August 29, 2022 Notification on LOI
- October 11, 2022 If invited, full application due
- January 1, 2023 Earliest award notification
Special Requirements
Please notify the Office of Foundation Relations if you are interested in applying to this opportunity (cfr@ucsc.edu). For support in developing your LOI, please contact the Research Development Specialist (RDS) assigned to your unit or send a request to resdev@ucsc.edu. If invited to submit a full proposal, please submit a proposal intake form prior to UCSC’s internal Institutional Deadlines. Your RDS can also help you develop your proposal.
Call sent: June 14, 2022
The Office of Foundation Relations is a unit of University Relations. The FR team creates and maintains mutually beneficial, long-term relationships with private organizations, matching grant initiatives with educational and research programs and centers. FR supports faculty and staff to identify and approach these and other private foundations for funding, to assist in strategic positioning of the grant application, and to facilitate funder campus visits.
For a list of recent funding opportunities, please visit the FR website. FR Calls for Funding