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Discovery Grants

American Brain Tumor Association

Discovery Grants are one-year, $50,000 grants for high risk, high impact research with the potential to change current diagnostic or treatment models. Grants are intended to provide seed-funding for early-stage faculty-level researchers to develop their new ideas, and to get the preliminary data needed to apply for larger grants.

Specialties

Cancer

Neurosurgery

Neurosciences

Oncology

Eligibility Requirements

Applicant/Principal Investigator (PI) Requirements:
• At the time of LOI submission applicants MUST
o Have a doctoral degree, including MD, PhD, DrPH, DO, or equivalent.
o Hold a full-time faculty position and cannot have held a full-time faculty
appointment before September 1, 2018. A documented leave of absence may be
excluded from the eight-year window of eligibility, such as for parental leave or
other well justified leave from research, of generally less than 12-months
duration.
Applicants whose experience exceeds the maximum of eight years but who
believe they are eligible must email ABTA at grants@abta.org with their
biosketch and a description of how the leave of absence will be documented
within the application before submitting their application to verify their eligibility.
• Is not required to be a U.S. citizen or resident.
• May only submit ONE Discovery Grant Letter of Intent per funding cycle.
• May not be a PI on another ABTA grant at the start of the grant term.
Lead Mentor Requirements:
A Lead Mentor is required for Applicants/PIs that are within the first five years of their first
faculty appointment (i.e., started their first faculty position after December 31, 2020); optional for
Applicants/PIs beyond five years of a faculty appointment.
• Must hold a full-time faculty appointment at the same institution as the Applicant/PI.
• Must currently conduct brain tumor research.
• Is not required to be a U.S. citizen or resident.
• Can be a mentor on more than one 2026 Discovery Grant Application.
Lead Institution Requirements:
• Must be a non-profit institution or organization anywhere in the world.
• Must not be a governmental institution (i.e. NIH, NCI, etc.).
• Must serve as the administrator of the grant funds and will hold responsibility for the
management of the budget and submission of all required documents and reports.

Sponsor Details

Sponsor Institute/Organizations: American Brain Tumor Association

Sponsor Type: Corporate/Non-Profit

Address: 8550 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Ste 550 Chicago, IL 60631

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