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 1,000 funded projects below.
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ALSF Funded Research Projects
| Project Title | Institution / Principal Investigator(s) | Grant Type |
Year |
State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epigenetic therapies to concurrently target DIPG tumor cells and harness the immune system | The Regents of the University of Michigan / Sriram Venneti, MD/PhD | R Accelerated Award Grants | 2022 | Michigan |
| Targeting Kinase Inhibitor Induced DNA-Damage Response in Ph-Like ALL | Temple University / Christian Hurtz, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2022 | Pennsylvania |
| Characterizing the Developmental Context of Pediatric Leukemia | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai / Elvin Wagenblast, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2022 | New York |
| Phase I trial of multilamellar mRNA lipid particles for recurrent pediatric high grade glioma | University of Florida / Elias Sayour, MD/PhD | R Accelerated Award Grants | 2022 | Florida |
| STING Pathway Activation: The Missing Link between Genomic Instability and Antitumor Immunity in Osteosarcoma | University of California San Francisco / Elizabeth Young, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | California |
| 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 |
| Targeting CCAAT/enhancer binding proteins CEBPB and CEBPD in neuroblastoma | Columbia University / Darrell Yamashiro, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | New York |
| Redefining Osteosarcoma Metastases as Chronic Non-healing Lung Wounds: Implications for Developing Novel Therapies | Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / James Reinecke, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Ohio |
| Social Determinants of Health, Hospital-level Resources, and Risk of Septic Shock in Pediatric Leukemia | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Jenny Ruiz, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Pennsylvania |
| In-vivo characterization of MYCN-driven immunosuppression | University of California San Francisco / William Weiss, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | California |