Basic Research Fellowship

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Basic Research Fellowships Basic Research Fellowships

The ABTA’s Research Program supports both established and new scientists in discovering more about the causes, effects, diagnosis, and treatment of brain tumors. Basic Research Fellowships

Basic Research Fellowships are two-year, $100,000 mentored grants supporting postdoctoral fellows who are conducting laboratory or field-based research projects that focus on brain tumors.

Fellows must have a lead mentor who currently conducts brain tumor research at the same academic institution. The mentor will help with scientific management and other research guidance to foster the applicant’s career advancement.

The ABTA is accepting Letters of Intent through December 10, 2025.

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In 2010, the ABTA awarded a fellowship to Christian Grommes, MD at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to study a rare brain cancer called Central Nervous System Lymphoma, which can be especially devastating when it recurs or doesn’t respond to initial therapy. Dr. Grommes’ work resulted in extending the survival time and changed the standard of care for patients with recurrent or refractory CNS Lymphoma.

He continues to work toward new breakthroughs for CNS Lymphoma and was recently awarded a Discovery Grant from the American Brain Tumor Association to study the role of the immune system in this rare tumor type.

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Topic areas: Life Sciences and Health.

Funding amount

This grant provides Varies in funding.

Deadline

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis; there is no single fixed deadline.

Who can apply

This opportunity is open to the following applicant types:

• Not specified by the program.

Eligibility

The program did not publish a separate eligibility statement. See the official opportunity page for the full eligibility criteria.

Agency

Basic Research Fellowship is administered by American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA), listed via American Brain Tumor Association.