ALSF Childhood Cancer Research Grants
With your support, we have been able to fund outstanding research, leading toward cures and improved quality of life for children with cancer. Browse through more than 1,500 funded projects below.
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ALSF Funded Research Projects
Project Title | Institution / Principal Investigator(s) | Grant Type | Year | State |
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Dissecting Functional uORFs as a Source of Cancer Genes in High-Risk Medulloblastoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / John Prensner, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Massachusetts |
Stapled Peptide PROTAC: A 3-in-1 Treatment for Pediatric Solid Tumors | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Loren Walensky, MD/PhD | Reach Grants | 2021 | Massachusetts |
Activating Metabolic Pathways to Increase the Persistence of Leukemia Targeting T Cells | Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh / Erica Braverman, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Pennsylvania |
Novel targeting approach for pediatric B-cell malignancies | Thomas Jefferson University / Christine Eischen, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | Pennsylvania |
Investigating Epigenetic Mechanisms of Response to Allogenic CAR T Cell Therapy | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Caitlin Zebley, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Tennessee |
Characterizing Inflammatory Phenotypes Associated with RUNX1 Deficiency | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Waihay Wong, MD/PhD | RUNX1 Early Career Investigator Grants | 2021 | Massachusetts |
Unraveling metabolic dependencies in childhood supratentorial ependymomas. | Regents of the University of Michigan / Sriram Venneti, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | Michigan |
A leukemia organoid platform for dissection and targeting of tumor-niche interactions | Columbia Institute for Cancer Genetics / Adolfo Ferrando, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | New York |
Choline Kinase and Alkylating Agent Resistance in Refractory Childhood Leukemias | Boston Children’s Hospital / Alejandro Gutierrez, MD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | Massachusetts |
GD2-directed CAR T cell therapy for H3K27M+ spinal cord diffuse midline glioma | Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University / Michelle Monje | Catalyst Grants | 2021 | California |