UPDATE 5/12/2020 – The period for CCF accepting grant proposals for the 2020 funding cycle has concluded. Please check in February 2021 for information regarding the next year’s funding application process.
The Children’s Cancer Foundation, Inc. (CCF) invites individuals from Maryland, D.C. and N. Virginia conducting research or programs relevant to pediatric cancer to submit proposals for Award consideration.
CCF will be awarding several grants for research, several grants for support of a program that serves the pediatric cancer community, and one grant for research by a Young Investigator (Giant Food NextGen Award.) All grants are awarded for a one-year period.
Review and download application materials and guidelines
Applications for both Research and Non-Research (Program) awards must be submitted to our office via email: rverrilli@childrenscancerfoundation.org no later than May 11, 2020 at 11:59 EST.
Announcements will be made in August and awardees are requested to attend the 2020 CCF Gala on November 7 to receive their grants. Recipients will also participate via poster or talk in the following year’s CCF Research Symposium, tentatively scheduled for June 2, 2021. The 2019 Awardees are listed here.
For questions about the grant process, eligibility or general inquiries, please contact our office at (443) 546-4479 or at rverrilli@childrenscancerfoundation.org.
- Johns Hopkins researcher Cara Rabik, Ph.D. M.D. receives her grant.
- Johns Hopkins researcher Eric Raabe, MD, PhD, receives the 2019 grant for his work on DIPG.
- Presenting the Giant Food NextGen Award and the Juliana Carver grant recipient Micah Maxwell are Giant Food’s Terry McGowan, CCF Secretary, Micah Maxwell, M.D. John and Tammy Carver, Tasha Museles, Jerry Chadwick, President
- CCF and Giant Food award Dr. Haneen Shalabi (center) with the 2017 CCF Giant Food NextGen award
- Hopkins resarchers, past and current grantees, pose together at the 2016 Annual CCF Gala.