Summary: This award is for two years of pediatric oncology fellowship training, with an opportunity for one (1) additional year of funding based upon need, significant accomplishment, and approved application. Applicants should be in their 2nd or 3rd year of pediatric oncology fellowship at the LOI due date. The St. Baldrick's Foundation is a charity that funds research to find cures for childhood cancers and improve the survival, treatment, and prevention of these cancers. A university-wide internal selection process is required.
Number of applicants: Institutions may submit only one new fellowship application per year. Concurrent fellows with different funding periods are allowed.
Limited submissions policy exception: Due to high interest from donors and low numbers of past applications, a second Fellow application will be accepted only if focused on one of the following:
- Brain tumors – all types, including rare forms, especially atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT), diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG)/diffuse midline glioma (DMG), and glioblastoma (GBM)
- Burkitt lymphoma – all types, especially sporadic
- Ewing sarcoma
- Rhabdoid tumors – Extrarenal
Timeline:
Internal Cancer Institute deadline: May 29, 2024 (see the internal submission guidelines)
Applicant selected notified by SCI: June 10, 2024
For applicant selected:
Letter of intent: July 8, 2024, 5PM EST via propsalCENTRAL
If invited to submit a full proposal, please submit your Proposal Intake Form (PIF) and PI waiver request as soon as possible:
Institutional representative deadline (RPM/RMG): August 19, 2024
Full application: August 26, 2024, 5PM EST via propsalCENTRAL
Guidelines:
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation Information for Researchers
Download a PDF file of the guidelines.
Amount of Funding:
Award is for two (2) years of fellowship training, with a possible additional year of funding based upon the demonstration of need and significant accomplishment. Fellows will be awarded the normal PGY-level salary for their institution. Fringe rates should follow institutional policy. Total award capped at $97,500 per year. All Fellow awards are to cover salary and benefits only. No institutional overhead or indirect funding is provided under the terms of the grant. See Budget Guidance section for more details.
Eligibility:
- Applicants should hold an M.D. or D.O. degree by the date the grant becomes effective.
- Applicant should be in their 2nd or 3rd year of pediatric oncology fellowship at the LOI due date.
- Stanford clarification: An approved Career Development PI waiver will be required for selected applicants without PI eligibility.
- Applicants may not hold an appointment of assistant professor or above.
- Applicants must have a fellowship mentor who provides supervision, facilities, and research support at an American Board of Pediatrics approved fellowship program in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.
- Institutions must be located in the United States. Applicants need not be American citizens; however, they must work at an academic, medical, or non-profit research institution within the United States.
- St. Baldrick’s funds may not be used for human embryonic stem cell research.
- See program guidelines for additional criteria and topics of interest.
Funding Priorities:
Current funding priorities are divided into four categories:
- New discovery research
- Translational research and early phase clinical trials
- Phase III clinical trials & infrastructure support of participating institutions (primarily the fall grant cycle)
- Education of new pediatric oncology researchers
Stanford Internal Submission Guidelines:
By May 29, 2024, please submit an internal proposal to the Stanford Cancer Institute HERE. Please upload a single pdf file containing these required documents:
1) Cover Page
Title of this RFA: St. Baldrick's Foundation Fellowship Award
Project title
Name of the PI (fellow), title, department, contact information, email
Faculty sponsor/mentor: name, title, department, email
2) Brief research proposal (up to 2 pages)
References and figures not included in page total
One inch margins and 12-point Times New Roman or Arial font
Relevance of the proposed research project to the mission of St. Baldrick’s Foundation (to cure childhood cancers)
Brief rationale for the proposed research project
Brief timeline of the progression of research
3) PI NIH format biosketch
Institutional representative: not applicable. You do not need to submit your internal proposal through your institutional official for approval. You may submit your internal proposal directly to SCI via the online submission portal.
Selection Process:
Proposals will be reviewed by a Stanford Cancer Institute review committee. That committee will select the applicant(s) who will represent Stanford.
Questions? Please contact Gayle White at gwhite5@stanford.edu.
