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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Immune Stimulatory Antigen Loaded Particles (ISAPS) for the Treatment of Solid Childhood Tumors | Children’s National Medical Center / Suzanne Miles | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | District of Columbia |
| A Novel Adjunctive LAT-Activating CART (ALA-CART) Cell Platform for the Treatment of Acute Leukemia | University of Colorado Denver_ Anschutz Medical Campus / Catherine Danis, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Colorado |
| 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 |
| PRL3 as a Novel Therapeutic Target for Relapsed T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Massachusetts General Hospital / Jessica Blackburn, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Massachusetts |
| APOBEC3 in Pediatric Leukemia: a Biomarker for Sensitivity to PARP Inhibition? | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Abby Green, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Pennsylvania |
| Modeling GATA2 Associated MDS/AML Predisposition Syndrome Using Color-Barcoding and Mutagenesis in Zebrafish | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Serine Avagyan, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Massachusetts |
| Dissecting the Contribution and Inheritance of Germline DNA Damage Repair Gene Mutations in Neuroblastoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Riaz Gillani, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Massachusetts |
| Bcl2-Family Inhibitors in Neuroblastoma: Mechanism of Action, Therapy Resistance, and Development of Biomarkers | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Claudia Zapata, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Pennsylvania |
| Dissecting the Mechanism of Overgrowth and Tumorigenesis in Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome | University of Pennsylvania / Jennifer Kalish, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Pennsylvania |