{"id":23885,"date":"2025-09-05T21:26:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T02:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/?p=23885"},"modified":"2025-09-05T21:26:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T02:26:23","slug":"2026-st-baldricks-foundation-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/2025\/09\/05\/2026-st-baldricks-foundation-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 St. Baldrick&#8217;s Foundation Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"font-weight: 400\" width=\"640\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\">\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2026 St. Baldrick&#8217;s Foundation Grants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The St. Baldrick\u2019s Foundation is a nonprofit organization raising funds for childhood cancer research with two grant types. The <strong>Scholar (Career Development) Award<\/strong> is meant to help develop the independent research of highly qualified individuals still early in their careers. The <strong>Research Grants <\/strong>are for specific two-year research projects which are hypothesis driven and may be either laboratory, clinical, or epidemiological in nature.<\/p>\n<p>To apply, view the<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Fbccrul%2Fbco8fo9e%2Fn1nat9&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cbret.career.development%40vanderbilt.edu%7C9958bbda596e42edd35408ddeca16001%7Cba5a7f39e3be4ab3b45067fa80faecad%7C0%7C0%7C638926900045625657%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=K9RujGeud6SUhJ1BDlAFlRbr5lyyeY2egoN%2B7QTB6Dg%3D&amp;reserved=0\">St. Baldrick&#8217;s Foundation Grant LSO application instructions<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Fbccrul%2Fbco8fo9e%2F3toat9&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cbret.career.development%40vanderbilt.edu%7C9958bbda596e42edd35408ddeca16001%7Cba5a7f39e3be4ab3b45067fa80faecad%7C0%7C0%7C638926900045642497%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ffdqmyK9FXlA3PBNwobzLvQKoDvZefvFBPlmolu8MU0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">St. Baldrick&#8217;s Foundation<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Internal Deadline<\/strong>: September 23, 2025<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sponsor Deadline<\/strong>: December 8, 2025<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Amount<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Career Development Award<\/strong>: up to $110,000\/year for three years with an opportunity for up to $115,000\/year for two additional years<\/li>\n<li><strong>Research Grants<\/strong>: up to $100,000\/year for up to two years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nomination Slots<\/strong>: 3 VU\/VUMC submissions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>1 Scholar (Career Development) Award<\/li>\n<li>1 Research Grant<\/li>\n<li>1 Limited Submission Policy Exception if your proposal centers around brain tumors, Burkitt lymphoma or Rhabdoid tumors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eligibility Note<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>PIs must hold a PhD, MD or DO degree by the effective award date<\/li>\n<li>No institutional overhead\/indirect funding<\/li>\n<li>Additional requirements exist for the Scholar (Career Development) Awards.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Fbccrul%2Fbco8fo9e%2Fjmpat9&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cbret.career.development%40vanderbilt.edu%7C9958bbda596e42edd35408ddeca16001%7Cba5a7f39e3be4ab3b45067fa80faecad%7C0%7C0%7C638926900045659237%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=RjiDUTDuM6TEldS%2FYtXmRCQsigW%2BHvuYDhpBBQW880E%3D&amp;reserved=0\">See the full guidelines<\/a> for full eligibility details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Disciplines<\/strong>: Biological\/Biomedical<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 St. Baldrick&#8217;s Foundation Grants The St. Baldrick\u2019s Foundation is a nonprofit organization raising funds for childhood cancer research with two grant types. 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