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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Inside-Out Immunotherapy: Combating Neuroblastoma via Nanoparticle-Directed Reprogramming of the Tumor Microenvironment | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / John Wilson, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2015 | Tennessee |
Targeting wnt in synovial sarcoma models. | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Josiane Eid | Innovation Grants | 2009 | Tennessee |
Targeting microenvironment-induced TGFB signaling to overcome drug resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Charles Mullighan, MD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Tennessee |
Describing the Biological Impacts of Gain-of-function SAMD9 Mutations | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Jason Schwartz, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Tennessee |
Platform development for target identification in high risk pediatric leukemias | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Adolfo A Ferrando, MD/PhD, Charles Mullighan, MD | Crazy 8 Pilots | 2019 | Tennessee |
Functional Characterization of RELA Fusion Ependymoma as a Basis for Therapeutic Targeting | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Stephen Mack, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2018 | Tennessee |
Interrogation of Neuroblastoma Dependencies and RNAs on the Core-Regulatory Circuitry for Therapeutic Inhibition | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Adam Durbin, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Tennessee |
Single-cell Profiling of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Charles Mullighan, MD and Jeffrey Klco, MD/PhD | Single-cell Pediatric Cancer Atlas Grant | 2019 | Tennessee |
Profiling the Transcriptional Heterogeneity of Diverse Pediatric Solid Tumors | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Michael Dyer, PhD and Xiang Chen, PhD | Single-cell Pediatric Cancer Atlas Grant | 2019 | Tennessee |
Immunotherapy Of Neuroblastoma With Natural Killer T Cells Engineered To Target O-acetyl-GD2 | Baylor College of Medicine / Andras Heczey, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Texas |