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 1,000 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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Pre-Targeted Radioimmunotherapy for Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumors | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Madelyn Espinosa-Cotton, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | New York |
Targeted Polymeric Parthenolide Carriers to Treat Childhood AML | University of Rochester / Danielle Benoit | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | New York |
Improving CAR T-Cell Therapy for Pediatric Osteosarcoma by Manipulating Arginine Metabolism | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Shannon Lange, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Tennessee |
Novel Role of Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Immunologic Rejection of Malignant Pediatric Brain Tumors | University of Florida / Catherine Flores, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Florida |
Developing Targeted Immunotherapy Against Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Melinda Biernacki, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Washington |
Cancer Susceptibility and Signaling Pathways in Low-Grade Brain Tumors | Jewish General Hospital / Bárbara Rivera, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | Quebec |
Investigating Epigenetic Mechanisms of Response to Allogenic CAR T Cell Therapy | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Caitlin Zebley, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Tennessee |
Describing the Biological Impacts of Gain-of-function SAMD9 Mutations | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Jason Schwartz, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Tennessee |
The Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Function by Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor | Washington University / Laura Schuettpelz, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Missouri |
Targeting the Epigenome of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Sama Ahsan, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Maryland |