American Brain Tumor Association
/OVERVIEW: The American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) focuses its grantmaking on patient-centered approaches to understanding and treating brain tumors.
IP TAKE: This funder runs four grantmaking programs to support research on brain tumor causes, effects, diagnosis and treatment. Depending on the program, the association accepts either letters of inquiry or applications during specific times throughout the year. Grantseekers are advised to either sign up for updates or check the program pages periodically for updates. This funder mainly supports PhD. and M.D.-level researchers at universities, hospitals and institutes in the U.S. and Canada.
PROFILE: Established in 1973, the Chicago-based American Brain Tumor Association arose out of the "dark ages" of brain research and treatment to become the first national nonprofit dedicated to understanding brain tumors. The ABT Association seeks to “advance the understanding and treatment of brain tumors with the goals of improving, extending and, ultimately, saving the lives of those impacted by a brain tumor diagnosis,” which it does through “interactions and engagements with brain tumor patients and their families, collaborations with allied groups and organizations, and the funding of brain tumor research.” The ABTA’s grantmaking “supports both established and new scientists in discovering more about the causes, effects, diagnosis, and treatment of brain tumors.”
Neuroscience Grants
ABTA’s Research Grants offers several opportunities for early-career medical scientists research brain tumors. Learn more about previously funded projects here.
Basic Research Fellowships are two-year, $100,000 awards for “postdoctoral fellows conducting laboratory or field-based research projects focused on brain tumors.”
Discovery Grants offer one-year, $50,000 awards for “high-risk/high-impact research with the potential to change current diagnostic or treatment models.”
The Research Collaboration Program offers two-year, $200,000 grants for “multi-investigator and multi-institutional brain tumor collaborative research projects.”
Finally, the Medical Student Summer Fellowship Program offers a modest $3,000 to help medical students get “experience and inspire them to pursue a career in neuro-oncology research.” ABTA’s current research priorities include new drug development and the repurposing of existing drugs, targeted therapies, innovative imaging techniques, personalized medicine, vaccines and immunotherapy, and improving survivorship.
In addition to its own awards, ABTA also offers funding for various research initiatives for early-career investigators:
AACR-ABTA Scholar-in-Training Award, which is presented during the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, supports the travel of early-career investigators presenting brain cancer research.
The ABTA Young Investigator Award, presented during the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) annual meetings, funds travel for two junior faculty members presenting their neuro-oncology research at the meetings.
The Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium (BTEC) Junior Investigator Award is awarded to two early-career investigators with an interest in epidemiology of tumors in the brain and central nervous system.
Important Grant Details:
In a recent year, the ABTA awarded $427,000 in grants to 17 projects. With the exception of its summer fellowships, grantees tend to be Ph.D. or M.D.-level researchers at universities or institutes in the U.S. and Canada.
For all application guidelines, materials and specific due dates, see the individual program pages linked to the associations researchers page. General inquiries may be submitted to the association via email or telephone at 773-577-8750.
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