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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Identification and Targeting of Microenvironmental Factors Controlling Pediatric Leukemia | New York University School of Medicine / Anastasia Tikhonova, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | New York |
Synthetic Gene Expression Regulatory Switches (SynGERS) for Improved CAR T Cell Function in Pediatric Solid Tumors | Baylor College of Medicine / Leidy Diana Caraballo Galva, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Texas |
Untangling the Matrix in Medulloblastoma | St. Christopher's Hospital for Children / Duncan Stearns, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Ohio |
Translating BET Bromodomain Inhibitors for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Therapy | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Yana Pikman, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Massachusetts |
Pedi-PRESTO: Pediatric Patient-Reported Symptom Tracking in Oncology | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Allison Barz Leahy, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Pennsylvania |
Improving CAR T-Cell Therapy for Pediatric Osteosarcoma by Manipulating Arginine Metabolism | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Shannon Lange, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Tennessee |
Targeting Eya2 to Inhibit c-Myc driven Medulloblastoma Tumor Progression | University of Colorado Denver / Melanie Vincent, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Colorado |
Cancer Susceptibility and Signaling Pathways in Low-Grade Brain Tumors | Jewish General Hospital / Bárbara Rivera, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | Quebec |
Arginine Depletion with DFMO in High-Risk Neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Christina Turn, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Pennsylvania |
Genomic Alterations in Medulloblastoma | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Shahab Asgharzadeh, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | California |