Southeastern Brain Tumor Foundation
/OVERVIEW: This Southeastern Brain Tumor Foundation makes grants for promising clinical trails of brain tumor treatments and cures.
IP TAKE: This funder’s brain cancer research grants prioritize clinical trials of promising cures and treatments for multiple types of brain cancer. Grantmaking prioritizes studies with a high level of methodological rigor, and most grants go to established individual researchers at leading research universities and institutes in the U.S. and Canada. The foundation recently stopped accepting applications, as it now conducts its grantmaking in collaboration with “other brain cancer organizations.” This funder only provides seed-funding for brain tumor research, which is important to note as this will impact how you frame your application. To get on this funder’s radar, contact them or previous grantees to learn more about how to get through the door. This will be a tough funder to crack.
PROFILE: Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the Southeaster Brain Tumor Foundation aims to “improve the quality of life for brain tumor patients and their families. The foundation supports researchers holding clinical trials to find cures for brain tumors and runs a scholarship program for “brain tumor patients, or the family members of those affected by a brain tumor diagnosis.”
Neuroscience Grants
SBTF awards a varying number of Research Grants each year to fund “scientific research and investigator-initiated clinical trials focused on finding a cure for brain tumors.”
Funding prioritizes studies with high levels of methodological rigor, as well as promising translational research and clinical trials.
SBTF’s grantmaking capacity varies from year to year, but generally ranges from $150,000 to $300,000, which is split between two to five grantees each year.
Individual grants average about $50,000.
Recent grants have supported individual researchers at institutions including the University of Toronto, the University of Florida, the Mayo Clinic and Houston Methodist Hospital. For additional information about recent grantmaking, see the foundation’s impact page.
This funder also provides Scholarships for individuals, whose “life has been impacted by a brain tumor diagnosis, the opportunity to pursue post-secondary education at an accredited college, university, or technical school. Student applicants may be enrolled in online and/or in-person classes for the academic year.”
Important Grant Details:
SBTF does not currently accept unsolicited applications for funding, as its grantmaking is conducted “through our partnership with other brain tumor organizations.” Grantseekers may contact the foundation with questions about its research grants any time via email at info@sbtf.org.
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