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 |
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Enhancing Coping and Communication in Children with Cancer and Their Parents: A Novel Internet-Based Intervention | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Bruce Compas, PhD | Psychosocial Grants | 2016 | Tennessee |
Novel Targeted Therapies for Rhabdomyosarcoma | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Michael Dyer, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | Tennessee |
Small Molecule Degraders for Targeting Transcription Factor Drivers of Childhood Cancers | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Charles G. Mullighan, MBBS(Hons), MSc, MD, FRACP, FRCPA | Crazy 8 Awards | 2020 | Tennessee |
Mutagenesis and disease progression in RUNX1 mutant blood stem cells is caused by inflammation-induced hyperactive signaling and supraphysiological mitochondrial ROS | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Dirk Loeffler, PhD | RUNX1 Early Career Investigator Grants | 2023 | Tennessee |
Targeting polycomb-mediated epigenetic silencing in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Emmanuel Volanakis | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Tennessee |
Investigating Epigenetic Mechanisms of Response to Allogenic CAR T Cell Therapy | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Caitlin Zebley, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Tennessee |
MYC as a Driver and Anti-Cancer Target in Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / William Tansey, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Tennessee |
Genetic Profiling and Experimental Modeling of High-risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Kathryn Roberts, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Tennessee |
Pediatric Osteosarcoma: Identifying the elusive molecular signature and its relationship to this disease | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Linda Hendershot, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Tennessee |
Strategies for Epigenetically Reprogramming Neuroblastoma Cancer Stem Cells | Baylor College of Medicine / Jason Shohet, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2011 | Texas |