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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development of a comprehensive liquid biopsy-based genomics platform for pediatric solid tumors | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Jaclyn Biegel | Catalyst Grants | 2023 | California |
| Factors Affecting Parental Satisfaction, Anxiety and Comprehension of the Informed Consent in Pediatric Oncology Clinical Trials | University of California, San Diego / Paula Aristizabal, MD | Psychosocial Grants | 2015 | California |
| 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 |
| A Novel Target for Neuroblastoma Treatment | Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope / Linda Malkas, Ph.D. | Reach Grants | 2014 | California |
| Defining how unique properties of the pediatric immune system contribute to poor efficacy of checkpoint blockade in children | Stanford University / Adrienne Long, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | California |
| Optimizing TCRαβ+/CD19+-depleted haploidentical HSCT for ALL using donor-derived genome-edited CAR T cells | Stanford University School of Medicine / Alice Bertaina, MD/PhD | Reach Grants | 2019 | California |
| Next-Generation Therapies for Hedgehog Pathway-Dependent Tumors | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University School of Medicine / James Chen, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | California |
| Develop a Therapeutic Vaccine Approach by Removing Viral Immune Evasion | University of California, Los Angeles / Ren Sun, PhD | Springboard Grants | 2013 | California |
| Investigation of Oncogenic Long Non-coding RNAs in Ewing sarcoma | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University School of Medicine / Siu Ping Ngok, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | California |
| Pain and Symptom Experiences in Children with Cancer | University of California, Los Angeles / Eufemia Jacob, PhD, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | California |