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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Resistance and Develop Improved Treatments for Relapsed/refractory Pediatric ALL | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Elizabeth Townsend, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Massachusetts |
Development of Novel Biomarkers for Immunotherapy in Neuroblastoma | Columbia Institute for Cancer Genetics / Shuobo Boboila, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | New York |
Targeting HMGA1 in Childhood ALL | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Amy M. Belton, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Maryland |
MLL-based chromosomal translocations in the pathogenesis of childhood leukemia. | Children’s Mercy / Erin Guest | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | Missouri |
Function and Dependency of NFkB Activity in ZFTA-RELA Fusion Ependymoma | Baylor College of Medicine / Austin Stuckert, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Texas |
Role of Kindlin-3 In Natural Killer Cell Mediated Tumor Killing | Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin - Milwaukee / Nathan Schloemer, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Wisconsin |
Validation of microRNAs as valid targets in a pediatric sarcoma | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center / Mark Hatley | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Texas |
ECM-targeted CAR T-cell therapy for high-grade glioma | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Jessica Wagner, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Tennessee |
Donor T-Cell DNA Methylation in GVHD and the Graft-vs-Tumor Effect after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Yiouli Panayiota Ktena, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | Maryland |
The Role of PTPRD as a Tumor Suppressor in Neuroblastoma Pathogenesis | Mayo Clinic / Shizhen Zhu, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Minnesota |