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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Histone Modification and Hmgn1 Overexpression as Drivers of B-ALL with Polysomy 21 | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Andrew Lane, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Massachusetts |
Immunotherapeutic Targeting of Stem Cells in Pediatric Brain Tumors | Harbor - UCLA Medical Center / Joseph Lasky | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | California |
Targeting the Mechanism of Differentiation Arrest in a Novel Model of Acute Leukemia | Massachusetts General Hospital / David Sykes | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Massachusetts |
Hematopoietic Stem And Progenitor Cells Sustain Inflammation And Promote Relapse In The AML Niche | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Ding-Wen (Roger) Chen, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Pennsylvania |
Virotherapy on Primary Neuroblastoma Cells | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center / Pin-Yi Wang | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Ohio |
Pre-clinical Evaluation of LSD1 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Pediatric Ewing sarcoma: Defining the Biomarkers of Sensitivity and Mechanisms of Resistance | Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / Kathleen Pishas, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Ohio |
Identifying Ewing Sarcoma Developmental Vulnerabilities | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Elena Vasileva, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | California |
Therapeutic Targeting of Childhood Leukemia by Pharmacological Inhibition of Proteolytic Cleavage of MLL1 | Northwestern University (Illinois) / Zibo Zhao, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Illinois |
Defining the Mechanism by which LIN28B acts as an Oncogene in Neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Robert Schnepp, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Pennsylvania |
The TC3 Line, a Zebrafish Model of T-Cell Malignancy | Huntsman Cancer Institute / Nathan Meeker, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Utah |