Foundation to Distribute Nearly $4 Million in Awards to Fund Pediatric Oncology Research
Wynnewood, PA (June 2011) – Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to finding a cure for all kids with cancer, today announced the awarding of nearly $4 million in new medical research grants. The medical grants will extend to 29 institutions and universities in 16 states across the country, totaling 40 new grants. In addition to awarding grants to doctors and researchers at leading hospitals and institutions nationwide, the foundation will also release grants to medical and graduate students for the first time in 2011.

Following in the footsteps of foundation creator, Alexandra “Alex” Scott, who insisted that “all children want their tumors to go away,” Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation strives to fund research projects that focus on all types of childhood cancers, not just the type that Alex had. Within the scope of the 2011 pediatric oncology grants are projects focusing...