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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Using Neurofibromatosis-1 (NF1) to understand Pediatric Brain Tumor Initiation | MD Anderson Cancer Center / Yuan Pan, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | Texas |
Mechanisms of Oncogenic Transformation by TLX1/HOX11 | University of Michigan / Mark Chiang | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Michigan |
Preclinical Efficacy of Daratumumab in T Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | New York University School of Medicine / Karen Bride, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | New York |
CDK8 as a New Therapeutic Target in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Susu Zhang, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Massachusetts |
Bad Influence: EWS/FLI Alters LSD1 and NuRD Interactions to Enforce Oncogenic Function in Ewing’s | Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / Emily Theisen, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Ohio |
MicroRNAs 100 and 125b in Ewing sarcoma | University of Colorado Denver / Paul Jedlicka | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Colorado |
Oncogenic Hedgehog Pathway Activation by a Putative Rho GTPase-Activating Protein | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University School of Medicine / Jun Ni, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | California |
Mediators of Metastasis in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma. | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio / Koichi Nishijo, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2006 | Texas |
Identification and Characterization of Pathways Dysregulated by MMSET E1099K Mutation in Relapsed Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Their Role in Drug Resistance | New York University School of Medicine / Joanna Pierro, DO | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | New York |
Radiation and the Tumor Microenvironment in an Immunocompetent Model of Ewing Sarcoma | Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation / Jessica Daley, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Pennsylvania |