Mission

The Caroline Symmes Endowment exists in response to the serious need for research funding in the pediatric oncology field. This program aims to (1) fund cutting-edge research and (2) provide children with clinical care based in the findings of that research. It’s true that in 2016, the field’s lack of priority for public funding is what makes the Caroline Symmes Endowment’s support of pediatric cancer research so important. With our endowment, we will fund the new Non-CNS Solid Tumor Program at Riley Children’s Health in Indianapolis, IN, a research department with the goal of giving every child the future they deserve. “This is a program making a long-term commitment to an investigator in a department, and trusting that this individual will move science forward,” Dr. Clapp said.