“We were fortunate that CureSearch had just launched their Catapult Award program….It enabled researchers to access up to $2.5M in funding over three years, through a streamlined application process, rather than contending with multiple applications for smaller grants which would have lengthened […]
High school sophomore raises $6,000 for children’s cancer research through the Virtual Baxter Trails CureSearch Hike, founded by Harlan’s Heroes When Elyse Johnson, a sophomore at Charlotte Country Day School, learned that a family friend, Margaux, had been diagnosed with
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We lost our oldest son Owen on April 4, 2019 exactly 24 hours after his diagnosis of T-cell Leukemia at UVA. He was two weeks shy of turning 9 years old. Owen was a loving older brother and super active.
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“Our Girl Rachel” On Friday, February 26, 2000, we heard the scariest words no parent should ever have to hear… “Your child has cancer… her chance of survival is about 10%” Rachel was only 14 months old when she was
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It’s been 5 years since our family stepped into the childhood cancer world… also what we call “the club” we never chose to join. Many thoughts went through my head. I couldn’t imagine what a 3 year old could possibly
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Knox Thomas was born on September 10, 2011. Around the time Knox was 6 months old, I started getting concerned that something was wrong with him because he would not sit up. But he was pulling himself up and doing
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Arianna Destiny is a typical 13-year-old teenager finishing her last year of middle school. We have been involved with CureSearch for 10 years now with the first walk being the same year she finished her treatment. We walk each year
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Contact: Tiffani CopelandSenior Vice President, Development & CommunicationsCureSearch for Children’s CancerEmail: tiffani.copeland@curesearch.org Bethesda, MD – July 30, 2020 – CureSearch for Children’s Cancer, in partnership with the SebastianStrong Foundation, has awarded a $225,000 Young Investigator grant to Yale Cancer Center’s
CureSearch seeks out and funds promising and innovative research projects. We encourage researchers to apply for funding through our Requests for Proposals (RFPs). Due to our rigorous due diligence process in assessing proposals, we evaluate the biological rationale, supporting data,
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Today, we announce a new partnership with FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute, and the Children’s Tumor Foundation to identify deprioritized drugs that could benefit pediatric patients, and to create a new pediatric-focused pathway for development. As an organization committed to accelerating the development of new childhood
