The St. Baldrick’s Foundation has announced more than $1.2 million in infrastructure grants to expand patient access to pediatric clinical cancer trials and accelerate scientific discoveries to conquer kids’ cancer. 

Clinical trials are the last stage of research on the path to developing and approving drugs and/or therapies that improve the quality of life for patients and survivors. The infrastructure grants will support programs and the personnel necessary to open and coordinate clinical trials. A total of 27 grants were issued to hospitals and institutions across 20 states. Grantees include Children’s Hospital of Orange County in California, Connecticut Children’s, Phoenix Children’s Hospital in Arizona, and Children’s National Medical Center in Washington D.C. 

“Research is hope and the dedication and generosity of the St. Baldrick’s community equips researchers to save children’s lives,” said St. Baldrick’s CEO Kathleen Ruddy. “Countless children are alive today because of volunteers, donors, and researchers. Together, they make more childhood cancer survivors.” 

For a complete list of grantees, see the St. Baldrick’s Foundation website. 

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