Featured Blogs, Grant Awards, Rally Blog, Research
What Is a Rally Career Development Award? Career development awards are important. But why? Investigators in their first independent faculty appointment are at a critical career stage where they must establish themselves through research, publications and grant...
Featured Blogs, Grant Awards, Rally Blog, Research
What Is a Consortium Grant? What exactly is a consortium? Let us explain. Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research (Rally) defines a consortium as three or more institutions (i.e., university, hospital) collaborating on a grant-supported research project. A...
Featured Blogs, Grant Awards, Rally Blog, Research
What Is an Independent Investigator Grant? Independent Investigator Grants are awarded to principal investigators. Let’s begin by explaining the role of a principal investigator. Principal investigators are typically faculty members (e.g., professor, associate...
Featured Blogs, Grant Awards, Rally Blog, Research
What Is a Postdoctoral and Clinical Research Fellow Grant? Before we get to that, let’s first address the difference between a postdoctoral fellow and a clinical research fellow. It can definitely be confusing. A postdoctoral fellow, also called a postdoc, is someone...
Featured Blogs, Rally Blog
Five Pediatric Cancer Bills Cut From the 2025 Budget Your Voice Matters Now More Than Ever We were so close to an epic year for childhood cancer. We had six bills that were in the end of year budget. But at the ‘ninth’ hour all childhood cancer bills, along with many...
Dean's Reflections, Featured Blogs, Rally Blog
Dean’s Letter – December 2024 I love seeing pictures of our Rally Kids. But this one of 10-year-old #RallyKid Caroline hugging her older brother, Jack, hit me right in the gut. The love and connection captured in that embrace tells a story of resilience...
