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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The role of overexpressed microRNA’s in the pediatric cancer rhabdomyosarcoma | University of Pennsylvania / Frederic Barr, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2007 | Pennsylvania |
Preclinical Development of Targeted Therapy for Neuroblastoma with ALK and CDK4/6 Dual Pathway Inhibition | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Yael Mossé, MD | Reach Grants | 2013 | Pennsylvania |
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 |
Variation in Care and Outcomes in Pediatric Acute Leukemia | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Amanda DiNofia, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Pennsylvania |
Dissecting the Mechanism of Overgrowth and Tumorigenesis in Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome | University of Pennsylvania / Jennifer Kalish, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Pennsylvania |
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Center of Excellence in Childhood Cancer Drug Development and Clinical Pharmacology at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Frank Balis, MD - Scholar: Emily Blauel, MD | Center of Excellence Grants | 2013 | Pennsylvania |
Evaluation of the Prevalence of Diaper Dermatitis in Pediatric Leukemia. | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Beth Storey | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2008 | Pennsylvania |
Modeling Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia with Patient-Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Mitchell Weiss, M.D., Ph.D. | Innovation Grants | 2014 | Pennsylvania |
In-UTR mutations in neuroblastoma: Functional consequences and therapeutic implications | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2012 | Pennsylvania |
GPC2 as an Oncogene and Immunotherapeutic Target in High-risk Neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Kristopher Bosse, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Pennsylvania |