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Since 1992, BTS has granted more than $13 million through its main Research Grant Program. The organization's research mission is "To aggressively raise and grant funds to stimulate and support carefully-selected basic and translational scientific research projects." Several Indian Americans have received funding from BTS to conduct research or lead research teams (listed below).

The monies are given out for research focused on speeding up investigation into the causes of and potential treatments for Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytomas (JPAs), fibrillary astrocytomas and other pediatric low-grade gliomas (LGGs).

¦ Deadline Deadline: Feb. 15, 2008 Grants between $50,000 to $99,999 will be for one year, and grants between $100,000 to $200,000 may be for a one- or two-year timeline.

You can download the LGG application and get more information from the Web site www.tbts.org. Or for further information contact Carrie Treadwell at grants@tbts.org or 800.770.8287 ext 1520.

The project start date is June 1. Grant recipients will receive a check for the first half of the annual budget upon receipt of their funding contract.

¦ Eligibility You do not have to be a United States or Canadian citizen, but research must be conducted in the United States or Canada.

Applicants are contacted in August regarding the status of their grant application.

¦ Evaluation Criteria The LGG Initiative targets development of new treatments.

"As such, our objective is to identify promising studies which are an early stage of development," for which the National Institutes of Health or other traditional funding mechanisms are not easily available, BTS says. Projects that have a high potential of stimulating additional funding are given a higher priority, the organization concedes.

Projects which focus on genomics, proteomics, immunohistochemistry, cell lines, and imaging are all of a high degree of interest, BTS indicates. Additionally, projects which are particularly cost-efficient, have extraordinary collaboration mechanisms, and draw new investigators into the field of low grade glioma research from other areas of cancer research are encouraged.

Recipients have to submit semi-annual progress reports and a detailed progress report at the end of the grant period.

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