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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Circulating Repetitive Element RNAs as an Osteosarcoma Marker | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / David Cobrinik, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2018 | California |
Neuronal Damage, Neurocognitive Losses and Quality of Life Following High-Dose Chemotherapy in Children with Brain Tumors | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Mary Nelson | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2009 | California |
Modeling osteosarcoma to identify novel therapeutic targets. | Stanford University / Julien Sage | Young Investigator Grants | 2006 | California |
Novel Resilience Genes Required for Cerebellum Development and Medulloblastoma Survival | University of California San Francisco / Stephen Fancy, PhD, DVM | Innovation Grants | 2023 | California |
Expanding Innovative Pediatric Cancer Clinical Trial Access at Stanford | Stanford University / Maria-Grazia Roncarolo, M.D. & Sherri Spunt, M.D. | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2015 | California |
Modeling Pediatric Leukemia in Zebra Fish to Enable Discovery of New Anti- Leukemic Compounds | University of California, San Diego / David Traver, MD | Innovation Grants | 2010 | California |
A comprehensive public resource for fusion-negative sarcoma sequencing data | University of California San Francisco / Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD & Richard Gorlick, MD | Crazy 8 Pilots | 2019 | California |
Characterization of Pre-Leukemia Associated with Familial RUNX1 Mutations | Stanford University / Ravi Majeti, MD/PhD | RARE Grant Program (Research Accelerating RUNX1 Exploration) | 2016 | California |
A Pilot Study of the Feasibility and Acceptability of an Interactive Computerized Symptom Assessment Tool to Assess Disease and Treatment-Related Symptoms Experienced by Children with Cancer | University of California San Francisco / Tina Baggott, RN, PhD, PNP | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2009 | California |
Identifying Ewing Sarcoma Developmental Vulnerabilities | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Elena Vasileva, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | California |