The year 2025 promises to bring renewed hope to children battling cancer. Through partnerships, groundbreaking collaborations, innovations, and solidarity, we look forward to sharing updates on the daily progress made in fighting the disease. In the meantime, here are our priorities for the coming year.<\/p>\n
Since its founding, our association\u2019s primary objective has been to fund research into pediatric cancers. Once again this year, we will work tirelessly to improve treatment outcomes for children and adolescents.<\/p>\n
In addition to our involvement in the Fight Kids Cancer<\/em> alliance, we will continue to support numerous ambitious projects led by the ITCC and SFCE networks, focusing on understanding and treating the most aggressive forms of cancer (brain tumors, myeloid leukemia, sarcomas, and neuroblastomas). These initiatives, which will be unveiled in the coming weeks, aim to shape a future where curing cancer is a reality for all children.<\/p>\n The Fight Kids Cancer<\/em> alliance, uniting associations from France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, and the Netherlands since 2020, continues its mission to fund research through an annual call for projects. In 2024, we reached the remarkable milestone of allocating \u20ac10 million annually to research into brain tumors.<\/p>\n In 2025, our goal is to sustain this funding to send a clear message to researchers: we are here, and we will remain by your side until this scourge is defeated.<\/p>\n Thanks to the ongoing dedication of all the associations involved in Fight Kids Cancer<\/em>, major high-impact European projects can be launched quickly, ensuring that children and adolescents in urgent need of promising new therapies benefit from research advances as soon as possible.<\/p>\n The Fight Kids Cancer Innovation Grand Prize<\/em>, endowed with \u20ac1 million and awarded to a researcher in collaboration with the St. Baldrick\u2019s Foundation<\/em> (USA), will be renewed this year. This exceptional four-year funding initiative aims to address a critical research question to improve treatments for childhood cancers.<\/p>\n Our president, Patricia Blanc, remains actively involved in major initiatives that bring together key players in cancer research in France and internationally.<\/p>\n In 2025, we will announce concrete results from actions such as Paris Kids Cancer<\/em>, the Pediatric Task Force of the Paris Saclay Cancer Cluster<\/em>, and two pediatric-focused projects under the Cancer Grand Challenge<\/em>. Some of these results will be presented during our FAST<\/em> symposium on February 15, 2025.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, our Strategic Orientation Committee will continue its work, engaging new partners\u2014including startups and biotech companies\u2014to accelerate research and foster innovative solutions for children.<\/p>\n Starting mid-January, we will relaunch our awareness campaign with the support of our media partner Mindshare<\/em>.<\/p>\nFIGHT KIDS CANCER: Sustaining \u20ac10 Million in Annual Funding for Pediatric Cancer Research<\/strong><\/h3>\n
A New Edition of the Fight Kids Cancer Innovation Grand Prize<\/strong><\/h3>\n
EXPANDING INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES<\/strong><\/h2>\n
STRENGTHENING COMMUNICATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS<\/strong><\/h2>\n