ABTA Research
Program

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The ABTA’s grant program funds researchers aiming to make advances in the brain tumor field.

Since 1976, the ABTA has awarded more than $34 million in research grants to scientists from around the world. The ABTA’s Research Program supports both established and new scientists in discovering more about the causes, effects, diagnosis, and treatment of brain tumors.

Research Funding & Impact

Guided by our mission, and advised by a multidisciplinary team of experts, the ABTA is dedicated to funding research that has the potential to change the lives of people affected by brain tumors. We also aim to “seed the field” with promising up-and-coming researchers in the brain tumor space.

ABTA Alumni Research Network (AARN)

The ABTA Alumni Research Network (AARN) is a network of brain tumor researchers that have been funded by the ABTA. This allows our alumni to connect with other researchers and collaborate on their findings to advance the field of brain tumor research.

Recently Funded Grants

The ABTA has contributed over $35.5 million to brain tumor research since we began funding research in 1976. Many of our initial grantees are now leaders in the field of Neuro-oncology and other brain tumor-related fields. Neuro-oncology didn’t exist as a field when the ABTA was founded and we were instrumental in its establishment.

Research Initiatives

In addition to our own grants, the ABTA provides funding for other early career investigator awards including AACR-ABTA Scholarin-Training Award, ABTA Young Investigator Award, and the Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium (BTEC) Junior Investigator Award.

Discovery Grants

Discovery Grants are one-year, $50,000 grants for high risk, high impact research with the potential to change current diagnostic or treatment models. Grants are intended to provide seed-funding for early-stage faculty-level researchers to develop their new ideas, and to get the preliminary data needed to apply for larger grants.

Basic Research Fellowship

The Basic Research Fellowship is a two-year, $100,000 grant, awarded to post-doctoral fellows who are mentored by established and nationally-recognized experts in the neuro-oncology field.

Research Collaboration Grant

The Research Collaboration Grant is a two-year, $200,000 grant, to support interdisciplinary team science projects that combine resources to streamline accelerate progress in the brain tumor field.

Medical Student Summer Fellowship

The Jack & Fay Netchin Medical Student Summer Fellowship is a three month, mentor-guided summer research experience, intended to motivate talented medical students to pursue a career in neuro-oncology research.