Hyundai Hope On Wheels Announces 2021 Grant Award Winners

During National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Hyundai Hope On Wheels to Present 64 Research and Programmatic Grants Totaling $13 Million

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Sep 16, 2021, 09:30 ET

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai Hope On Wheels, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supported by Hyundai Motor America and its more than 820 U.S. dealers, today announced the winners of 64 childhood cancer research and programmatic grants totaling $13 million.

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The research and programmatic grants, which are focused on improving outcomes for children battling cancer, include 22 Hyundai Scholar Hope Grants at $300,000 each, 22 Hyundai Young Investigator Grants at $200,000 each, and 20 Hyundai Impact Grants at $100,000 each. To view this year's grant award winners, click here.

"Every September, we reinforce our commitment in the fight against childhood cancer by raising awareness and spreading hope. We spread hope by providing critical funding to the doctors and researchers working tirelessly to find new cures and improve care for children battling cancer," said Scott Stark, chairman of the Hyundai Hope On Wheels Board of Directors, and president of South Point Hyundai. "We congratulate this year's grant award winners and commend them for bringing hope to children battling cancer and their families. We will fight until every child diagnosed with cancer can survive. We win with hope."

Hyundai joined the fight against childhood cancer in 1998. Since then, Hyundai and its dealers have awarded more than $185 million to help end childhood cancer through Hyundai Hope On Wheels. To honor that legacy and in recognition of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Hyundai Hope On Wheels launched its "We win with hope." campaign. View the campaign video here and join the fight to end childhood cancer.

The Hyundai Scholar Hope Grants and the Hyundai Young Investigator Grants are competitive research grants that are peer-reviewed by the Hyundai Hope On Wheels Medical Advisory Committee, which is comprised of leading pediatric oncologists from children's hospitals and research institutions nationwide. The grants are open to U.S.-based Children's Oncology Group member institutions. The Hyundai Impact Grants provide funding to children's hospitals for either childhood cancer research projects or programmatic initiatives such as clinical care.

To learn more about Hyundai Hope On Wheels, please visit HyundaiHopeOnWheels.org.

Hyundai Hope On Wheels
Hyundai Hope On Wheels® is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is committed to finding a cure for childhood cancer. Launched in 1998, Hyundai Hope On Wheels provides grants to eligible institutions nationwide that are pursuing critical research aimed at improving treatments and saving lives. Hyundai Hope On Wheels is one of the largest non-profit funders of pediatric cancer research in the country. Primary funding for Hyundai Hope On Wheels comes from Hyundai Motor America and its more than 820 U.S. dealers. Since its inception, Hyundai Hope On Wheels has awarded $185 million in support of more than 1,000 childhood cancer research grants.

Hyundai Scholar Hope Grant Winners ($300,000)
Institution	City	State
Children's Hospital of Alabama at UAB	Birmingham	AL
Children's Hospital Los Angeles	Los Angeles	CA
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital	Los Angeles	CA
Children's Hospital Colorado	Aurora	CO
Yale University	New Haven	CT
Children's National Medical Center and Children's National Research Institute	Washington	DC
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center	Washington	DC
Augusta University Health	Augusta	GA
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago	Chicago	IL
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	Boston	MA
University of Massachusetts Medical School	Worchester	MA
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins	Baltimore	MD
University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital	Ann Arbor	MI
University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital	Minneapolis	MN
St. Louis Children's Hospital	St. Louis	MO
Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx	NY
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research	Manhasset	NY
Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University	New York	NY
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York	NY
Cleveland Clinic	Cleveland	OH
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	PA
UW Health American Family Children's Hospital	Madison	WI

Hyundai Young Investigator Grant Winners ($200,000)
Institution	City	State
Children's Hospital Los Angeles	Los Angeles	CA
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford	Palo Alto	CA
UCSF Medical Center	San Francisco	CA
Yale University	New Haven	CT
Children's National Medical Center and Children's National Research Institute	Washington	DC
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center	Washington	DC
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago	Chicago	IL
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	Boston	MA
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins	Baltimore	MD
Helen DeVos Children's Hospital	Grand Rapids	MI
University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital	Minneapolis	MN
Duke University School of Medicine	Raleigh/Durham	NC
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center	Lebanon	NH
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center	Buffalo	NY
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York	NY
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Cincinnati	OH
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital	Columbus	OH
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	PA
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	PA
UT Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas	TX
Texas Children's Hospital	Houston	TX
Primary Children's Hospital	Salt Lake City	UT

Hyundai Impact Grant Nominees ($100,000)
Institution	City	State
Arkansas Children's Hospital	Little Rock	AR
Phoenix Children's Hospital	Phoenix	AZ
University of Arizona	Tucson	AZ
Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital	Hollwood	FL
Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children	Orlando	FL
St. Joseph's Children's Hospital	Tampa	FL
The Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta	Atlanta	GA
Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women & Children	Honolulu	HI
St. Luke's Children's Hospital	Boise	ID
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center	Chapel Hill	NC
UNM Children's Hospital	Albuquerque	NM
NYU Langone Medical Center	New York	NY
UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital	Cleveland	OH
Natalie Warren Bryant Cancer Center at Saint Francis	Tulsa	OK
OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital	Portland	OR
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	Memphis	TN
Dell Children's Medical Center	Austin	TX
El Paso Children's Hospital	El Paso	TX
Vannie E. Cook Jr. Children's Cancer and Hematology Clinic	McAllen	TX
UVA Children's Hospital	Charlottesville	VA