Deadline: 6 February 2025
Submissions are now open for New Investigator Grant program to support newly independent DIPG researchers working to establish DIPG research labs OR established researchers to encourage them to start DIPG research.
Funding Information
- The ChadTough Defeat DIPG New Investigator Grant is up to $400,000 over 3 years (maximum of $135,000 in any one year).
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must have an academic appointment and be in their first independent faculty position or equivalent at an accredited college, university, medical school, or other research facility.
- Applicants should be in their faculty role for not more than 6 years at the time of application.
- Independence is typically demonstrated by a full-time faculty appointment, a tenure-track position, allocated space, a start-up package, and institutional commitment.
- Applicants who are beyond their first independent faculty position for more than 6 years are eligible if they have no previous research on DIPG/DMG tumors.
- Applicants must be employed by an academic institution, nonprofit research institution, or laboratory.
- Applicants need not be U.S. citizens
Review Criteria
- Each application is reviewed by the ChadTough Defeat DIPG Scientific Advisory Council.
- The Scientific Advisory Council makes recommendations to the ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation, and the foundation makes the final funding decision.
- All application evaluations are considered confidential and are available only to the Scientific Advisory Council and the foundation’s Board of Directors and staff.
- When an application is approved for funding, the grant award is contingent upon all legal documents being signed and approved by the foundation and the applicant’s institution.
For more information, visit ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation.
