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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utilizing chromatin directed inhibitors to regulate gene expression in Ewing sarcoma for therapeutic benefit | University of North Carolina / Justin Sperlazza, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | North Carolina |
| Using zebrafish to model the molecular origins of pediatric myeloid malignancies and acute myeloid leukemia | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Evisa Gjini | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Massachusetts |
| Using Splice Switching Oligonucleotides (SSOs) to target MDM2 for rhabdomyosarcoma therapy | Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / Dawn Chandler, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Ohio |
| Using Neurofibromatosis-1 (NF1) to understand Pediatric Brain Tumor Initiation | MD Anderson Cancer Center / Yuan Pan, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | Texas |
| Using Chemical Genetics to Define the Precise Role of RUNX1 in Transcription and Beyond | Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Kristy Stengel | RUNX1 Early Career Investigator Grants | 2022 | New York |
| Use sophisticated approaches to optimize the effectiveness of current chemotherapy agents, and to develop novel chemotherapy agents | Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center / Julie Park, MD | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2006 | Washington |
| Untangling the Matrix in Medulloblastoma | St. Christopher's Hospital for Children / Duncan Stearns, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Ohio |
| Unraveling the Mechanisms of Inherited Predisposition to Childhood Leukemia | Boston Children’s Hospital / Vijay Sankaran, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2024 | Massachusetts |
| Unraveling the Function of PAX3-FOXO1’s Activation Domain in Rhabdomyosarcoma | Case Western Reserve University / Berkley Gryder, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2023 | Ohio |
| Unraveling metabolic dependencies in childhood supratentorial ependymomas. | Regents of the University of Michigan / Sriram Venneti, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | Michigan |