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 |
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Genetic Dissection of Cancer Drug Resistance and Toxicity Using Haploid Human Cells | Stanford University / Ramin Dubey, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | California |
An Intersection of Cell Metabolism and Differentiation in Childhood Sarcomas | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center / Sandra Orsulic, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | California |
Circulating Repetitive Element RNAs as an Osteosarcoma Marker | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / David Cobrinik, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2018 | California |
Preclinical Studies of Gli1 Inhibition in Ewing Family Tumors | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / William May | Innovation Grants | 2008 | California |
A comprehensive public resource for fusion-negative sarcoma sequencing data | University of California San Francisco / Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD & Richard Gorlick, MD | Crazy 8 Pilots | 2019 | California |
Synergistic Activity of Anti-GD2 Antibody and CD47-Blockade for Immunotherapy of Neuroblastoma and Osteosarcoma | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University / Robbie Majzner, MD | 'A' Award Grants | 2019 | California |
In vivo transdermal generation of CD33 CAR T-cells towards acute myeloid leukemia | University of California, Los Angeles / Ruby Sims, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | California |
Defining the Role of a Novel, Developmentally Restricted Hematopoietic Stem Cell in Pediatric Leukemias | University of California at Santa Cruz / Camilla Forsberg, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | California |
Characterization of Pre-Leukemia Associated with Familial RUNX1 Mutations | Stanford University / Ravi Majeti, MD/PhD | RARE Grant Program (Research Accelerating RUNX1 Exploration) | 2016 | California |
Blockade of Mycn in neuroblastoma | University of California San Francisco / William Weiss | Innovation Grants | 2008 | California |