Invest in the field of neuro-oncology

Your Gift Helps Drive Research, Education, Leadership and Hope

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At Beat Brain Cancer, The Foundation of the Society for Neuro-Oncology, every donation helps accelerate progress for patients and families affected by brain tumors. Through the support, Beat Brain Cancer advances innovative research, invests in future leaders in neuro-oncology, expands educational opportunities, and strengthens collaboration across the global brain tumor community. Together, we are shaping a future with more effective treatments for patients with brain cancer and ultimately, a cure.

Through the Early Career Catalyst Grant for Translational Neuro-Oncology Research, Beat Brain Cancer is investing in the next generation of investigators working to accelerate discoveries from the laboratory into meaningful treatments and improved outcomes for patients with brain tumors.

This initiative provides critical early-career funding for innovative translational research focused on advancing therapies, improving clinical care, and bringing hope to patients and families facing brain cancer. Two $60,000 grants will support research in both adult and pediatric/adolescent and young adult brain tumors.

Your support helps fuel the future of neuro-oncology—empowering researchers at a pivotal stage in their careers and accelerating progress toward more effective treatments and, ultimately, a cure.

Support a Early Career Catalyst Grant for Translational Neuro-Oncology Research

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What Our Grant Recipients Are Saying

“The SNO/ISPNO fellowship was the first post-doctoral fellowship I received and has been completely transformative for my confidence as a scientist. It reminded me that my work is valuable and that there are others out there who share my mission of better treating childhood brain cancers. The funding has helped support a project that aims to validate new therapeutic targets for these devastating tumors and I am so grateful to have been a recipient. I believe we can get to cure with enough persistent and creative scientists working in the field and funding schemes such as the one I received are absolutely necessary for making that dream a reality.”

— Jenna Robinson, 2024 Grant Recipient, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA

“Receiving the ISPNO/SNO Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma Research Fellowship has been incredibly meaningful and impactful at this stage in my career as a pediatric neuro-oncologist and clinician-scientist. Understanding the long-term medical and psychosocial journeys of childhood CNS tumor survivors is something I am deeply passionate about, as these experiences extend far beyond treatment and profoundly shape patients’ and families’ lives for years to come. This work is essential not only for understanding survivorship outcomes, but also for informing the care, supports, and interventions we provide to children with CNS tumors both now and in the future.

I am extremely proud and grateful to have received this support from SNO and ISPNO. The fellowship is providing critical support for advancing this population-based survivorship research and has strengthened my ability to build a research program focused on improving outcomes for pediatric CNS tumor survivors. Importantly, this funding will serve as a foundation for many future projects aimed at better understanding and addressing the lifelong impacts of childhood CNS tumors and their treatment.”

— Hallie Coltin, 2025 Grant Recipient                                    CHU Sainte-Justine, Canada