Free cookie consent management tool by TermsFeed Privacy Suite
News

Announcing Our 2017 Summer Fellow Grants

by St. Baldrick's Foundation
April 6, 2017

Today’s the day! (Drumroll please!) It’s time to announce some exciting news — St. Baldrick’s very first grants of the year are here, with more to come. Read on to learn about our 2017 Summer Fellow grants, how these grants build a brighter future for children’s cancer research and how YOU made this support possible.

Summer Fellows 2017

Our 2017 Summer Fellow grants are here!

This year, 21 institutions will receive $5,000, which will support medical school or college students working on a childhood cancer research project.

These students will get the chance to spend their summer working in the pediatric cancer field under the mentorship of a childhood cancer expert.

In a time when students might be deterred from pursuing pediatric oncology because funding is so scarce, these $5,000 grants are crucial in helping young investigators get a toehold in the field while ensuring a vibrant future for childhood cancer research.

We hope these summer fellowships spark a passion that turns these bright young minds into our next childhood cancer research trailblazers — and it’s all thanks to you.

Meet one Summer Fellow who is helping kids with cancer as both a doctor & three-time shavee >

In fact — thanks again to generous people like you — the St. Baldrick’s Foundation funded a total of $24.1 million in childhood cancer research grants last year.

So take a well-deserved bow. We couldn’t have done it without you.

The following institutions will receive a St. Baldrick’s Summer Fellow grant:

· Case Western Reserve University – School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
· Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
· Children’s Cancer Therapy Development Institute, Beaverton, Ore.
· Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
· Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, D.C.
· Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
· Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind.
· Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, N.Y.
· Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
· Miller School of Medicine of the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.
· Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oka.
· Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.
· University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
· University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.
· University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Co.
· University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii
· University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oka.
· The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tenn.
· University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
· Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
· Washington University St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo.

Help us continue to fund the next generation of researchers and cures – because all kids deserve to grow up cancer free.

Donate Now

Read more on the St. Baldrick’s blog:


Share: