Rally Announces $800K in Awards to Consortium Grants

We are thrilled to share that Rally Foundation has awarded a total of $800,000 in funding for Consortium Grants this year.

So, what exactly is a consortium? In short, it’s teamwork at its best! A consortium brings together three or more institutions, such as hospitals and universities, to work together on a grant-supported research project.

A principal investigator from the lead institution submits an application for the grant with the support of at least two other collaborating institutions. Each institution’s team brings unique strengths to the table, and together, they push the boundaries of what’s possible in childhood cancer research.

The Rally Consortium Grant awards up to $100,000 per year for one or two years depending on how the application scored in our dual peer-review process.

Some childhood cancer treatments have not changed in 40 years. With your support, Rally funds groundbreaking research projects, including these Consortium Grants, which will lead to better treatments for kids with cancer.

Meet this year’s Consortium Grant recipients:

Brain and Central Nervous System Cancers

Funded by Rally Foundation

• The Hospital for Sick Children: Annie Huang, M.D., Ph.D., for Molecular Prognosticators for Rare Embryonal Brain Tumors in the HS4 Trial
• The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia: Adam Resnick, Ph.D., for Children’s Brain Tumor Network: Accelerating Discovery and Clinical Trials

Co-funded by Rally Foundation and a Collaborative Partner

• Georgia Tech Research Corporation: Rafael Davalos, Ph.D., for Robotic Electroporation for Targeted Ablation and BBB Disruption, co-funded by Rally Foundation and Kids Join the Fight

Blood Cancers

Funded by Rally Foundation

• Leland Stanford Junior University: Kara Davis, D.O., for BCL2 and Immunotherapy Targeting to Improve Outcomes for Infant ALL

Solid Tumors

Funded by Rally Foundation

• Baylor College of Medicine: Julie Gastier-Foster, Ph.D., for Pediatric Sarcoma Diagnoses in LMICs: Can Gene Fusion Testing Leapfrog IHC?
• The Hospital for Sick Children: Jonathan Wasserman, M.D., Ph.D., for Outcomes of Childhood-onset Thyroid Cancer from a Multinational Consortium

Co-funded by Rally Foundation and a Collaborative Partner

• Children’s Hospital Medical Center: Roshni Dasgupta, M.D., for Assessing Image-Defined Risk Factors in Children with Neuroblastoma, co-funded by Rally Foundation and Infinite Love for Kids Fighting Cancer

Survivorship / Quality of Life / Psychosocial

Funded by Rally Foundation

Children’s Research Institute at Children’s National Medical Center: Jennifer Levine, M.D., for Unpacking Insurance Coverage for Fertility Preservation