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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDM2 as an Effector of Hedgehog Signaling in Brain Development and Medulloblastoma | Purdue University / Susan Mendrysa, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Indiana |
| CAMKV as a Target for Immunotherapy in MYCN-Amplified Neuroblastoma | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Robyn Sussman, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Pennsylvania |
| GPC2 CAR T Cell Targeted Delivery of BiKEs in High-Risk Neuroblastoma | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Guillem Pascual-Pasto, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | Pennsylvania |
| The Role of MiRNA Impairment in Wilms' Tumor Formation | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas / Kenneth Chen, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Texas |
| Elucidating the Mechanism of ERK Mediated Pathogenesis of LCH | Baylor College of Medicine / Rikhia Chakraborty, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Texas |
| Dissecting the Contribution and Inheritance of Germline DNA Damage Repair Gene Mutations in Neuroblastoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Riaz Gillani, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Massachusetts |
| Targeted Polymeric Parthenolide Carriers to Treat Childhood AML | University of Rochester / Danielle Benoit | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | New York |
| Novel Genomic Drivers in Pediatric Polyposis Syndromes | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Suzanne MacFarland, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Pennsylvania |
| Immune Stimulatory Antigen Loaded Particles (ISAPS) for the Treatment of Solid Childhood Tumors | Children's National Medical Center / Suzanne Miles | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | District of Columbia |
| Defining the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Pediatric Brain Tumor Penetrance | Washington University / Nicole Brossier, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Missouri |