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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-Cell Profiling of Acute Myeloid Leukemia for High-Resolution Chemo-immunotherapy Target Discovery | Stanford University School of Medicine / Charles Gawad, MD/PhD | Single-cell Pediatric Cancer Atlas Grant | 2019 | California |
| Targeting the Surface-ome of Embryonal Brain Tumors | Institut Curie / Olivier Ayrault, PhD | Crazy 8 Pilots | 2019 | |
| Targeting Fusion-driven Sarcomas | National Institutes of Health / Javed Khan, MD | Crazy 8 Pilots | 2019 | Maryland |
| Mechanisms to Redirect Tumor Associated Macrophages to Target Retinoblastoma Cells | The Regents of the University of Minnesota / Timothy Hallstrom, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Minnesota |
| Therapeutic Targets and Molecular Mechanisms in Childhood Brainstem Tumors | University Health Network - Toronto Western Research Institute / Jerome Fortin, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Ontario |
| The Role of Tumor Heterogeneity in Relapse of Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Children’s Hospital & Research Center at Oakland / Cheryl Peretz, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 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 |
| Genomic and nuclear organizational changes in chemotherapy-resistant rhabdomyosarcoma cells | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago / Kyle MacQuarrie, MD/PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2023 | Illinois |
| Epigenetic Targeted Therapy and Resistance in Pediatric Rhabdoid Tumor | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago / Rintaro Hashizume, MD/PhD | Reach Grants | 2018 | Illinois |
| Predicting and Overcoming Resistance to Immunotherapy in Pediatric High-Grade Glioma | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago / Oren Becher, MD & Robert Wechsler-Reya, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Illinois |