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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identification and Targeting of Microenvironmental Factors Controlling Pediatric Leukemia | New York University School of Medicine / Anastasia Tikhonova, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | New York |
| Targeting HMGA1 in Pediatric T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Joelle Hillion, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Maryland |
| Activating Metabolic Pathways to Increase the Persistence of Leukemia Targeting T Cells | Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh / Erica Braverman, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Pennsylvania |
| Modifying CAR T cell epigenetic programs to improve therapy against aggressive pediatric brain tumors | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Meghan Ward, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Tennessee |
| Pedi-PRESTO: Pediatric Patient-Reported Symptom Tracking in Oncology | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Allison Barz Leahy, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Pennsylvania |
| Novel Nanoscale Phosphoproteomic Discovery of Therapeutic Targets in AML Stem Cells | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Leo Wang, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Massachusetts |
| Therapeutic Targets and Molecular Mechanisms in Childhood Brainstem Tumors | University Health Network - Toronto Western Research Institute / Jerome Fortin, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Ontario |
| Identifying Therapeutic Targets for MiT Associated Pediatric Cancers | Yale School of Medicine / Sean Landrette | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Connecticut |
| The Role of PTPRD as a Tumor Suppressor in Neuroblastoma Pathogenesis | Mayo Clinic / Shizhen Zhu, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Minnesota |
| Exosomes as Biomarkers to Monitor Disease Progression and Response to Therapy in Ewing sarcoma | Children’s Mercy / Glenson Samuel, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Missouri |