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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanisms of PPM1D in Medulloblastoma Tumorigenesis and Invasion | Emory University / Robert Craig Castellino, MD | Bridge Grants | 2012 | Georgia |
| Searching for genetic vulnerabilities in osteosarcoma through genome-wide RNAi screening | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Stuart Orkin, MD | Innovation Grants | 2012 | Massachusetts |
| Targeting the ETS Transcription Factor Rearrangement EWS/FLI in Ewing sarcoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Kimberly Stegmaier, MD | Bridge Grants | 2012 | Massachusetts |
| SWI/SNF Complex and Glucocorticoid Resistance in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Jennifer Wu | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Massachusetts |
| Identification and validation of new therapeutic targets in pediatric leukemia through an aneuploidy-based synthetic lethality screen | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / David Pellman, MD | Innovation Grants | 2012 | Massachusetts |
| Dana-Farber/Children’s Hospital Cancer Center Developmental Therapeutics Center of Excellence | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Steven DuBois, MD & Wendy London, PhD - Scholars: Melissa Burns, MD; Kevin Campbell, MD; Natalie Collins, MD/PhD; David Shulman, MD | Center of Excellence Grants | 2012 | Massachusetts |
| Discovery of New Targets and Pathways for T-ALL Therapy | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Thomas Look | Bridge Grants | 2012 | Massachusetts |
| Selective inhibition of nuclear export as a novel therapeutic strategy in AML | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Julia Etchin | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Massachusetts |
| BET Bromodomain Inhibition as Epigenetic Therapy in Pediatric Leukemia | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory / Christopher Vakoc, MD, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2012 | New York |
| Child and Adolescent Preferences for Involvement in their Cancer Treatment Decisions | Children’s Research Institute / Katherine Kelly, Ph.D. | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2012 | District of Columbia |