St. Baldrick’s Foundation

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OVERVIEW: St. Baldrick’s is the leading all-volunteer cancer charity dedicated to funding childhood cancer research.

IP TAKE: St. Baldrick’s is an accessible funder with a wide range of opportunities for researchers of all levels studying pediatric cancers. This funder accepts letters of inquiry, but guidelines and due dates vary by grant type. Grants are generally awarded to researchers affiliated with hospitals and research universities in the U.S. and its territories. Unsolicited grants are accepted.

While St. Baldrick’s clearly outlines its vision for giving, it does not provide further information for individual grant and fellowship opportunities, so interested grant seekers will need to contact the foundation to learn more.

PROFILE: The St. Baldrick’s Foundation began when Tim Kenny, John Bender, and Enda McDonnell decided to shave their heads to raise money for pediatric cancer research. The foundation itself was established in 2004 and awarded its first fellowships in 2005. Since then, St. Baldrick’s Foundation and its “shavees”—participants in its signature head-shaving events—have raised over $342 million for cancer research.

St. Baldrick's has awarded grants to over 383 institutions for all stages of research, from new discoveries in the lab to the development of new therapies to clinical trials that are often a child's best chance for a cure and long-term survival. According to the foundation, grants can broadly be categorized as discovery research, next generation training, and revolutionary.

  • Discovery: St. Baldrick's awards “pediatric oncology research in the following grant categories: research grants, career development awards (St. Baldrick's Scholars), fellowships, supportive care research grants, summer fellowships, consortium research grants, and international scholars.”

  • Next Generation: The foundation’s research grants invest in early career scientists who have the potential to become leaders in research.

  • Revolutionary: These are “unique projects with high impact, including the St. Baldrick's - Stand Up to Cancer Pediatric Cancer Dream Team, the St. Baldrick's Robert J. Arceci Innovation Awards, and the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative.”

Grants for Diseases and Science Research

St. Baldrick’s Foundation grants fall into three main focus areas: Adolescents & Young Adults, Survivorship, and Supportive Care Research.

The foundation conducts grantmaknig for pediatric cancer research across a wide range of grants for cancer research. The foundation has several research grant priorities. This list is often evolving and is rather wide in scope, but includes:

  • Research Grants: Robert J. Arceci Innovation Award and International Innovation Award

  • Cooperative Research Grants, Consortium Research Grants, and St. Baldrick’s EPICC Team Grants

  • Scholarships and Fellowships: St. Baldrick’s Summer Fellow, St. Baldrick’s Fellow, and St. Baldrick’s Scholar

  • Supportive Care Research Grants

  • International Research: International Beneficiary and International Scholar

  • Infrastructure Grants

Important Grant Details:

St. Baldrick’s grants generally range from $5,000 to $100,000. The foundation's list of past grantees provides a valuable indication of how many of each type of grant are given out, and to what projects and institutions.

St. Baldrick’s accepts Letters of Inquiry through two grant cycles per year. Note that different grants are available in each cycle, so grantseekers should consult the foundation’s information for researchers for more information on deadlines and guidelines.

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