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Innovation Grants

These grants are designed to provide critical and significant seed funding for experienced investigators with a novel and promising approach to finding causes and cures for childhood cancers. A Letter of Intent is required. The Innovation Award amount totals $250,000 over two years. The Award may not be renewed, however, one no cost extensions are allowable.

Oregon Health & Science University

Watch the video below to learn about Dr. Charles Keller and his research on "Therapeutics in Ovo" at the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR.

Principal Investigator Name: 

Charles Keller

Project Title: 

Therapeutics In Ovo

Year Awarded: 

2008

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University of California San Francisco

1. Layman's Title for your Research Project: 

Approaching neuroblastoma therapy by targeting the best characterized genetic abnormality associated with this disease, Mycn.

2.  Research Objectives

What do you hope to achieve through your research and what will it mean to the world of childhood cancer if your project is successful?

Principal Investigator Name: 

William Weiss

Project Title: 

Blockade of  Mycn in neuroblastoma

Year Awarded: 

2008

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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Neuroblastoma is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in infancy, comprises more than 7% of cancers in patients younger than 15 years of age, and is responsible for 15% of all childhood cancer deaths. There remains a need for novel treatment strategies to eliminate residual disease resistant to current therapies. We will study if natural killer (NK) cells, an important cell in our immune system, and the immune genes responsible for their behavior play a role in the control and eradication of neuroblastoma.

Principal Investigator Name: 

Katharine Hsu

Project Title: 

The role of immunogenetics in natural killer cell targeting of neuroblastoma

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2008

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