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The Cure Starts Now has funded $26,765,182 (USD) in pediatric brain cancer research in partnership with the DIPG / DMG Collaborative. This includes 178 grants at over 100 hospitals in 29 countries.

Note: All Grants Are U.S. Funded Through 2018

Emory University Hospital – $200,000

Amount
$200,000.00
Date
December 2025

Advancing T Cell Therapy for DMG Using Tumor-Directed Gamma Delta T Cells and TLR7/8 Agonist Immunomodulation

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University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital – $200,000

Amount
$200,000.00
Date
December 2025

Intranasal Delivery of Oncolytic Virus in DMG

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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine – $99,000

Amount
$99,000.00
Date
December 2025

Proinflammatory Myeloid Cells with GD2.CAR as Immunotherapy for High Grade Gliomas, Including Pediatric Diffuse Midline Gliomas

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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine – $100,000

Amount
$100,000.00
Date
December 2025

Imaging of DMG Stem Cells Using Mannose-Weighted CEST MRI

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Children's National Medical Center – $200,000

Amount
$200,000.00
Date
December 2025

“Targeted and Tuned: GPNMB/B7H3 Dual-Targeting CAR T-Cells With Focused Ultrasound for Potent Immunotherapy in Pediatric Gliomas

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Children's National Medical Center – $200,000

Amount
$200,000.00
Date
December 2025

Multilamellar H3K27M RNA Aggregates Targeting Diffuse Midline Glioma

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Seattle Children’s Hospital – $1,000,000 (Installment 1 of 4)

Amount
$250,000.00
Date
September 2025

Augmentation of the tumor immune microenvironment to enhance B7-H3 CAR T cell efficacy against diffuse midline glioma

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Princess Maxima Center – $50,000

Amount
$50,000.00
Date
July 2025

Monitoring Nanobody-Based B7H3 CAR-T Cell Behavior and Efficacy in Diffuse Midline Glioma

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Johns Hopkins Hospital – $100,000

Amount
$100,000.00
Date
December 2024

Leveraging Epigenetic Alterations for Therapy of Diffuse Midline Glioma

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CONNECT Consortium (TarGeT 2025) - $32,230 USD / $50,000 AUD

Amount
$32,230.00
Date
December 2024

TarGeT 2025

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CONNECT Consortium (TarGeT 2026) - $32,230 USD / $50,000 AUD

Amount
$32,230.00
Date
December 2024

TarGeT 2026

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CONNECT Consortium (TarGeT 2027) - $6,445 USD / $10,000 AUD

Amount
$6,445.00
Date
December 2024

TarGeT 2027

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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia – $100,000

Amount
$100,000.00
Date
December 2024

Cytokine Signaling in Diffuse Midline Glioma to Enhance GD2-Directed CAR T Cell Trafficking

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UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy – $50,000

Amount
$50,000.00
Date
December 2024

Leveraging Open Science and Collaboration to Identify Clinical Quality ALK2 Inhibitors for DIPG

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Murdoch Children's Research Institute – $100,000 USD / $156,914 AUD

Amount
$100,000.00
Date
December 2024

Harnessing Developmental Neurobiology to Reprogram the Cell of Origin of Diffuse Midline Gliomas

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