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 |
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Mediators of Metastasis in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma. | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio / Koichi Nishijo, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2006 | Texas |
Divergent Core Transcriptional Regulatory Circuitries to Highlight Context-Specific Vulnerabilities in AML | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Maxim Pimkin, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Massachusetts |
A Developmental Model to Characterize the Epigenetic Origins of the Retinoblastoma Tumor Initiating Cell | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Jeffrey Huo, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Maryland |
The Cebpa Downstream Enhancer as a Key Target of Transformation to Acute Myeloid Leukemia | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Stacy Cooper, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Maryland |
Targeting the Checkpoint Receptor TIGIT via CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing to Enhance NK Cell Anti-Tumor Activity | Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / Amanda Campbell, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Ohio |
Investigating the Role of the RNA Binding Protein LIN28 in Neuroblastoma | Boston Children’s Hospital / John Powers | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Massachusetts |
Genetic Profiling and Experimental Modeling of High-risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Kathryn Roberts, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Tennessee |
Hedgehog & IGF Signaling through IRSI in Brain Development and Medulloblastoma | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Anna Marie Kenney, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2006 | New York |
Targeted Inhibition of Signaling Networks in Pediatric Glioblastoma Stem Cells | University of California Berkeley / Erin Simonds, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | California |
Mechanisms of regulation of the PI#K/AKT pathway downstream of NOTCH1 in T-ALL. | Columbia University / Teresa Palomero, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2007 | New York |