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

Crazy 8 Research Themes
1. Developmental Origins of Pediatric Cancers
2. Drugging Currently Undruggable Pediatric Cancer Drivers
3. Developing Novel Immunotherapies
4. Discovery and Development of Novel Pediatric Cancer Drug Targets

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

Duration: 3 years 

Research Authority due date: 22.9.19

LOI (required) due date: 1.10.19

Full proposal due date: 20.1.20