Calling all researchers! Our 2024 Brain Tumour Research Fellowship is now open and accepting applications.

We hope this fellowship will help improve the quality of life of patients and survivors, encourage young clinicians and scientists to enter the field of brain tumour research, and accelerate studies leading to a cure of brain tumours.

Vijay Ramaswamy

2023 Research Grant Recipient

Project Title: “Leveraging therapeutic vulnerabilities of MYC amplified very high-risk childhood medulloblastoma for rational combinatorial therapy”

Generously funded by Donors of Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada

Stefan Lang

2023 Research Grant Recipient

Project Title: “Simulating brain tumor resection to optimize onco-functional balance”

Generously funded by Donors of Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada

We are pleased to announce the awardee of the inaugural 2023 DECRYPT Research Grant, Dr. Annie Huang and colleagues, for their research project titled "A C17babybrains DECRYPT Feasibility Trial for Children <6 Years Old with High-Risk Embryonal Brain Tumours", in collaboration with Kindred Foundation, Société de recherche sur le cancer / Cancer Research Society, Phoebe Rose Rocks Foundation, Miracle Marnie Foundation , Childhood Cancer Canada, and Tali's Fund.

The DECRYPT grant is designed to fund research that will ideally lead to a significant change in the understanding, diagnosis, and/or treatment of childhood embryonal brain tumours.

Lisa Porter

2022 Research Grant Recipient

Listen in to Dr. Lisa Porter share an overview of her project, 'Exploring the Role of the Cancer Activated Microenvironment in the Progression of Glioblastoma: Potential Novel Avenues for Therapeutic Interventions'.