Crazy 8 Initiative Award

The Crazy 8 Initiative Award will fund research into innovative and rigorous approaches that directly address the most intractable issues in pediatric cancer research today.

Crazy 8 Disciplines
1. Embryonal brain cancers
2. High grade gliomas
3. Fusion positive sarcomas
4. Fusion negative sarcomas
5. Leukemias
6. Neuroblastoma
7. Big data
8. Catalyzing clinical trials

For 2021, priority will be given to projects involving innovative studies of high-grade gliomas, nonmedulloblastoma embryonal brain tumors, non-Ewing Sarcoma fusion-positive sarcomas, fusion-negative sarcomas, big data and/or catalyzing clinical trials.

Funding: $1,000,000- $5,000,000 total 

Duration: 3 years 

Research Authority due date: 19.4.21

LOI (required) due date: 26.4.21

Full proposal due date: 5.8.21