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 |
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Improving Thymus Function by RB Inactivation | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University School of Medicine / Julien Sage, PhD | Springboard Grants | 2012 | California |
Immunotherapeutic Targeting of Stem Cells in Pediatric Brain Tumors | Harbor - UCLA Medical Center / Joseph Lasky | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | California |
Identifying New Therapeutic Targets in Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Stanford University / Julien Sage, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2018 | California |
A comprehensive public resource for fusion-negative sarcoma sequencing data | University of California San Francisco / Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD & Richard Gorlick, MD | Crazy 8 Pilots | 2019 | California |
Preclinical Testing of Candidate Therapeutics in a Pediatric Spinal Cord High-grade Glioma Model | Stanford University / Michelle Monje, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | California |
Synergistic Activity of Anti-GD2 Antibody and CD47-Blockade for Immunotherapy of Neuroblastoma and Osteosarcoma | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University / Robbie Majzner, MD | 'A' Award Grants | 2019 | California |
Novel Resilience Genes Required for Cerebellum Development and Medulloblastoma Survival | University of California San Francisco / Stephen Fancy, PhD, DVM | Innovation Grants | 2023 | California |
Investigating the Role of Genetic and Epigenetic Variation in Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Down Syndrome | University of California San Francisco / Adam de Smith, Ph.D. | 'A' Award Grants | 2014 | California |
Multiplex Ion Beam Imaging of Pediatric Cancers | Stanford University School of Medicine / Crystal L. Mackall, MD | Crazy 8 Pilots | 2019 | California |
Identifying Ewing Sarcoma Developmental Vulnerabilities | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Elena Vasileva, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | California |