Rally Is Proud to Award $150,000 to Three Outside the Box Grants
Breakthroughs happen with outside-the-box thinking, in science, in medicine and especially in childhood cancer research. At Rally Foundation, we believe that bold ideas deserve a chance, and each one may be that next big breakthrough. That’s why we created the Outside the Box Grant. We want to fund innovative, early-stage research to challenge the status quo and inspire new discoveries. Each year, the focus of this grant shifts to meet emerging needs in childhood cancer research. For 2026, we invited researchers to explore two specific areas: Leverage the use of artificial intelligence to advance the diagnosis, treatment or understanding of cancer in children, adolescents and young adults with a demonstrated potential for clinical translation. Advance efficiency, coordination and overall quality of cancer care to improve outcomes for children, adolescents and young adults as well as...
Rally Is Excited to Announce $1.4M in Funding for Career Development Awards
At Rally, we believe that innovative research begins with innovative researchers. That’s why we are thrilled to announce the recipients of our Rally Career Development Awards, an investment of $1.4 million in the future of childhood cancer research. So, what is a Rally Career Development Award? This award targets early-career investigators. In their first independent faculty appointment, they are transitioning from mentorship to launching their own research labs, publishing their own findings and applying for major research grants. It’s a pivotal moment — and Rally is stepping in to help. The Rally Career Development Award provides $100,000 per year for three years, giving these trailblazers protected research time and the funding they need to pursue bold ideas that could change the future for kids with cancer. Meet this year’s Rally Career Development Award recipients: The Children's...
Rally Foundation Awards $1M in Grants to Celebrate 20 Years of Advancing Research and Driving Discoveries
In 2026, Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research is thrilled to award $1 million in 20/20 Alumni Visionary Grants to 10 researchers across 9 U.S. institutions. For 20 years, Rally Foundation has proudly supported groundbreaking ideas, empowered early career investigators and accelerated the path from bench to bedside. To recognize Rally’s continued role as philanthropic seed investors in the next great discovery, Rally Foundation launched our 20/20: Alumni Visionary Grant. This one-time, competitive grant program honors our past by reinvesting in the exceptional researchers and projects we’ve supported over the years — and empowers the next chapter of discovery. Meet our 20/20: Alumni Visionary Grant recipients: The University of Michigan: Mark Chiang, M.D., Ph.D., for Targeting Newly Defined Pediatric ETP Leukemia with MYB Splicing Inhibitors Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center: Eric...
What is Chemotherapy?
You just found out that your child has cancer. And that chemotherapy is part of the treatment plan. Most everyone has heard of chemotherapy. But what is it really? Chemotherapy is any drug used to stop the growth of cancer cells. Chemotherapy is designed to either kill cells or stop them from dividing. Is there just one chemotherapy? There are many different types of chemotherapy because different chemotherapies treat different types of cancer. Sometimes your child may receive several different types of chemotherapies. How is chemotherapy given to my child? Chemotherapy may be given by mouth, injection, or by infusion—either an IV or through your child’s port. Or a combination of those. Sometimes it is given topical (on the skin). It depends on the type and stage of the cancer that is being treated. Where and how often is chemotherapy given? Chemotherapy may be given during a...
What is Radiation?
Radiation therapy is targeted energy used to destroy cancer cells, shrink tumors and/or alleviate certain cancer-related symptoms. Radiation therapy uses high-energy X-rays and other forms of radiation therapy to damage the DNA in cancer cells, killing them or depriving them of their ability to grow or divide. Radiation can be used in several ways: Primary treatment to destroy cancer cells In combination with other treatments to stop the growth of cancer cells Before another treatment to shrink a tumor After another treatment to stop the growth of any remaining cancer cells To relieve symptoms of advanced cancer Radiation therapy does not kill cancer cells immediately. It works for several days and weeks, and during the course of treatment, hopefully damaging the DNA in cancer cells so that they die or are no longer able to reproduce. Radiation therapy is one of the most common cancer...
Rally Foundation Awards a Record $7M in Grants to 94 Childhood Cancer Researchers
In 2026, Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research is thrilled to award a total of $7 million in childhood cancer research grants to 94 researchers across 48 institutions worldwide. This is the foundation’s largest award value to be distributed since its founding in 2005, bringing the total awarded to $47.5 million. Rally Foundation proudly funds the best and the brightest researchers, seeking the most innovative and promising research. This year’s awards include 84 grants given to 18 Postdoctoral and Clinical Research Fellows, 13 Young Investigators, 14 Career Development Awards, 24 Independent Investigators, 10 Consortiums and three Outside the Box. Plus, our 20/20: Alumni Visionary Grants, an additional 10 awards that celebrate Rally’s 20th anniversary of advancing research and driving discoveries. “This is the highest amount we have been able to award in one year,” says Dean...
Rally Is Proud to Award $150,000 to Three Outside the Box Grants
Breakthroughs happen with outside-the-box thinking, in science, in medicine and especially in childhood cancer research. At Rally Foundation, we believe that bold ideas deserve a chance, and each one may be that next big breakthrough. That’s why we created the Outside the Box Grant. We want to fund innovative, early-stage research to challenge the status quo and inspire new discoveries. Each year, the focus of this grant shifts to meet emerging needs in childhood cancer research. For 2026, we...
Rally Is Excited to Announce $1.4M in Funding for Career Development Awards
At Rally, we believe that innovative research begins with innovative researchers. That’s why we are thrilled to announce the recipients of our Rally Career Development Awards, an investment of $1.4 million in the future of childhood cancer research. So, what is a Rally Career Development Award? This award targets early-career investigators. In their first independent faculty appointment, they are transitioning from mentorship to launching their own research labs, publishing their own findings...
Rally Foundation Awards $1M in Grants to Celebrate 20 Years of Advancing Research and Driving Discoveries
In 2026, Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research is thrilled to award $1 million in 20/20 Alumni Visionary Grants to 10 researchers across 9 U.S. institutions. For 20 years, Rally Foundation has proudly supported groundbreaking ideas, empowered early career investigators and accelerated the path from bench to bedside. To recognize Rally’s continued role as philanthropic seed investors in the next great discovery, Rally Foundation launched our 20/20: Alumni Visionary Grant. This...
What is Chemotherapy?
You just found out that your child has cancer. And that chemotherapy is part of the treatment plan. Most everyone has heard of chemotherapy. But what is it really? Chemotherapy is any drug used to stop the growth of cancer cells. Chemotherapy is designed to either kill cells or stop them from dividing. Is there just one chemotherapy? There are many different types of chemotherapy because different chemotherapies treat different types of cancer. Sometimes your child may receive several...
What is Radiation?
Radiation therapy is targeted energy used to destroy cancer cells, shrink tumors and/or alleviate certain cancer-related symptoms. Radiation therapy uses high-energy X-rays and other forms of radiation therapy to damage the DNA in cancer cells, killing them or depriving them of their ability to grow or divide. Radiation can be used in several ways: Primary treatment to destroy cancer cells In combination with other treatments to stop the growth of cancer cells Before another treatment to...
Rally Foundation Awards a Record $7M in Grants to 94 Childhood Cancer Researchers
In 2026, Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research is thrilled to award a total of $7 million in childhood cancer research grants to 94 researchers across 48 institutions worldwide. This is the foundation’s largest award value to be distributed since its founding in 2005, bringing the total awarded to $47.5 million. Rally Foundation proudly funds the best and the brightest researchers, seeking the most innovative and promising research. This year’s awards include 84 grants given to 18...