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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPC2 as an Oncogene and Immunotherapeutic Target in High-risk Neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Kristopher Bosse, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Pennsylvania |
| MTG-16 Regulation by Phosphorylation | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Michael Engel, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2006 | Tennessee |
| Exploiting WT1 Genomic Alterations for Target Identification and MRD Monitoring in Pediatric AML | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Phoenix Ho | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Washington |
| Generation of a novel oncolytic virus for treatment of pediatric brain tumors. | The Ohio State University / Balveen Kaur, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2007 | Ohio |
| Elucidating the Roles of Aneuploidy in Down Syndrome-Associated Leukemia | Boston Children’s Hospital / Chun-Chin Chen, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Massachusetts |
| Elucidating the Role of N-Myc in a High-risk Pediatric T Cell Leukemia | New York University School of Medicine / Francesco Boccalatte, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | New York |
| MYCN-induced molecular clock disruption and metabolic rewiring drive neuroblastoma | Baylor College of Medicine / Lingzhi Li, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Texas |
| Determinants of Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Platinum Sensitivity and Resistance | University of California, San Diego / Paolo Abada | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | California |
| The Role of LIN28B-let-7-PBK Axis on the Growth and Metastasis of Group 3 Medulloblastoma | Emory University / Shubin Shahab, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Georgia |
| The Effect of Locus of Care Upon Adolescent and Young Adults Cancer Outcomes: An IMPACT Cohort Study | Hospital for Sick Children / Sumit Gupta, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Ontario |