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 |
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A Comparison of Parent and Clinician Reported Toxicities in Standard Radiation Versus Proton Beam Radiation in Children with Posterior Fossa Tumors. | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Rosanna Pollack, RN & Cynthia Schmus, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | Pennsylvania |
The Identification of Neuroblastoma Cancer Stem Cells. | Stanford University / Robert Cho | Young Investigator Grants | 2007 | California |
Palliative Care and End-of-Life Communication Experiences of Pediatric Oncology Nurses. | Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes Jewish College of Nursing / Verna Hendricks-Ferguson, PhD | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | Missouri |
An Exploration of the Medulloblastoma and Glioblastoma Genomes: A Critical Analysis of Candidate Cancer Genes as Potential Molecular Targets for Diagnostics and Therapeutics | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Will Parsons, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2007 | Maryland |
Pain and Symptom Experiences in Children with Cancer | University of California, Los Angeles / Eufemia Jacob, PhD, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | California |
Parallel sequencing to identify the causes of childhood cancer. | Baylor College of Medicine / Sharon Plon, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2006 | Texas |
Anti-Angiogenic (Metronomic) Chemotherapy in Children with Poor Prognosis. | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Mark Kieran, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2006 | Massachusetts |
Use sophisticated approaches to optimize the effectiveness of current chemotherapy agents, and to develop novel chemotherapy agents | Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center / Julie Park, MD | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2006 | Washington |
New Approaches to Neuroblastoma Therapy (NANT) Consortium | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Robert Seeger, MD | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2006 | California |
Mechanisms of leukocyte recruitment to the lung during idiopathic pneumonia syndrome following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. | Regents of the University of Michigan / Sung Won Choi, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2006 | Michigan |