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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exploring the impact of a teen weekend on the quality of life of the adolescent with cancer: A qualitative, case/control study. | The Children's Mercy Hospital / Kristin Stegenga, PhD, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | Missouri |
| Immune Stimulatory Antigen Loaded Particles (ISAPS) for the Treatment of Solid Childhood Tumors | Children's National Medical Center / Suzanne Miles | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | District of Columbia |
| Preliminary Content Validation Steps for the Pediatric Oncology Patient Self-Report CTCAE | Children's National Medical Center / Pamela Hinds | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2011 | District of Columbia |
| Discovery of Inhibitors of MLL Fusion Proteins as Targeted Therapies for Pediatric Acute Leukemia | Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research / Andrew Napper | Innovation Grants | 2010 | Delaware |
| Immunotherapeutic Targeting of Stem Cells in Pediatric Brain Tumors | Harbor - UCLA Medical Center / Joseph Lasky | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | California |
| Palliative Care and End-of-Life Communication Experiences of Pediatric Oncology Nurses. | Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes Jewish College of Nursing / Verna Hendricks-Ferguson, PhD | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | Missouri |
| Investigating the role of lin-28 in germ cell tumorigenesis | Boston Children's Hospital / George Daley | Innovation Grants | 2009 | Massachusetts |
| Investigating the Role of Lin-28 in Germ Cell Tumorigenesis | Boston Children's Hospital / George Daley, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2011 | Massachusetts |
| Investigating the Role of the RNA Binding Protein LIN28 in Neuroblastoma | Boston Children's Hospital / John Powers | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Massachusetts |
| Genetic Dissection of Trisomy 21-TMD Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells | Boston Children's Hospital / Glenn MacLean | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Massachusetts |