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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The role of pyruvate kinase as a therapeutic target in pediatric leukemia | Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey / Daniel Herranz Benito, PhD | R Accelerated Award Grants | 2023 | New Jersey |
| Modulation of STING to enhance the efficacy of treatments for diffuse midline glioma | Duke University / Zachary Reitman, MD/PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2023 | North Carolina |
| A Genomics Driven Pluripotent Stem Cell Model of Infant Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City / Meagan Vacek, DO | Catalyst Grants | 2023 | Missouri |
| Mechanisms to Redirect Tumor Associated Macrophages to Target Retinoblastoma Cells | The Regents of the University of Minnesota / Timothy Hallstrom, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Minnesota |
| Targeting Neurons in the Osteosarcoma Microenvironment with Non-Opioid Analgesic Lipid Nanoparticles | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Aaron James, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Maryland |
| Mechanisms of BRAF Activation in KIAA1549-BRAF Mutant pLGGs | Broad Institute / Sean Misek, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Massachusetts |
| Development of RADARS-based Therapy to Treat Fusion Molecule Driven Pediatric Malignancies | Boston Children’s Hospital / Alan B. Cantor, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Massachusetts |
| CDK8 as a New Therapeutic Target in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Susu Zhang, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Massachusetts |
| Empowering specificity of AML immunotherapies by HSC engineering | Boston Children’s Hospital / Pietro Genovese | Catalyst Grants | 2023 | Massachusetts |
| Stapled Oncolytic Peptides for Treatment-Resistant Pediatric Leukemias | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Loren Walensky, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Massachusetts |