Medical Grants

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation works directly with doctors and researchers to identify the specific challenges faced in bringing new treatments to children with cancer. Grants distributed from the Foundation are designed to fill critical gaps in funding identified by doctors and researchers. This careful distribution of grants has allowed doctors to bring the latest and most promising life saving treatments to seriously ill children.

Program Infrastructure Grants

Doctors have identified a critical lack of funding for support personnel who speed up the process of enrolling children with cancer in clinical trials. With grants from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, hospitals across the country have created new positions, specially focused on filling this critical need. Starting in 2010 Program Infrastructure Grants will be a 3 year award.

Download the Program Infrastructure Grant Guidelines.

Innovation Grants

These grants are designed to provide critical and significant seed funding designed for experienced investigators with a novel and promising approach to finding causes and cures for childhood cancers.

Download the Innovation Grant Guidelines.

Young Investigator Grants

These grants are designed to fill the critical need for start up funds for new researchers and physicians to pursue promising research ideas. These grants encourage and cultivate the researchers of the future and lead to long term commitments to research projects.

Download the Young Investigator Grant Guidelines.

The Butterfly Foundation Cancer Epidemiology Grants

These grants are designed to support the research of investigators who have a specific focus on the epidemiology of childhood cancer, early detection of childhood cancer, or the prevention of childhood cancer. These awards are made possibly by the support of The Butterfly Foundation: The Brittany Pasqual Pediatric Oncology Research Foundation.

Download the Epidemiology Grant Guidelines.

'A' Award Grant

This award is a three year grant totaling $375,000 and is designed for young scientists who want to jump-start their career in pediatric oncology research. The ideal candidate has an original project which is not currently being funded, can demonstrate outstanding mentorship and has a strong future commitment to pediatric cancer investigation.

Download the 2009 'A' Award Guidelines for details.


Please contact us directly with general questions about Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation and our grant giving program.

Phone: 610-649-3034

Email: grants@alexslemonade.org

Medical Grants Deadlines:

2010 Application - Closed

2009 'A' Award Application - Closed

2009 Grantees - Progress Reports due 6/15/10

2008 Grantees - Final Reports due 7/15/10

Nursing Grants Deadlines:

Nurse Researcher Workshop - Closed

2009 Application - Closed

2008 Nurse Grantees - Progress Report due 1/4/10 

2007 Nurse Grantees - Final Reports due 2/1/10

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