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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Home Physical Activity Program to Improve Cognitive Late Effects in Children Treated with Radiation for Brain Tumors | National Cancer Institute / Pamela Wolters, PhD | Psychosocial Family Impact Grant | 2017 | Maryland |
| Surviving Cancer CAMPetently: Evidence-based Care Delivered at Family Camp | Nemours A.I. duPont Hospital for Children / Melissa Alderfer, PhD | Psychosocial Family Impact Grant | 2018 | Delaware |
| Families of Children with Advanced Cancer: Quality of Life & Goals of Care | Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / Cindy Gerhardt, PhD | Psychosocial Family Impact Grant | 2017 | Ohio |
| Understanding factors contributing to retention in care among children with cancer in sub-Saharan Africa | Baylor College of Medicine / Mark Zobeck, MD, PhD | Psychosocial Launch Grant | 2019 | Texas |
| Pediatric Precision Oncology: Parent and Adolescent Experiences | Hospital for Sick Children / Anita Villani, MD | Psychosocial Launch Grant | 2017 | Ontario |
| Enhancing Communication about Sexual and Reproductive Health between Oncology Clinicians and Adolescent and Young Adults | Connecticut Children’s Medical Center / Dr. Natasha Frederick, PhD | Psychosocial Launch Grant | 2018 | Connecticut |
| Restoring RUNX1 Levels in FPD/AML | University of Washington, Seattle / Marshall Horwitz, MD/PhD | RARE Grant Program (Research Accelerating RUNX1 Exploration) | 2016 | Washington |
| Pharmacologic Enhancement of Residual Wild Type RUNX1 Protein Activity in FPD/AML | Boston Children’s Hospital / Alan Cantor, MD, PhD | RARE Grant Program (Research Accelerating RUNX1 Exploration) | 2016 | Massachusetts |
| Drug Screen for FPD/AML Therapeutics | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Mortimer Poncz, MD | RARE Grant Program (Research Accelerating RUNX1 Exploration) | 2017 | Pennsylvania |
| Characterization of Pre-Leukemia Associated with Familial RUNX1 Mutations | Stanford University / Ravi Majeti, MD/PhD | RARE Grant Program (Research Accelerating RUNX1 Exploration) | 2016 | California |