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 |
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Drug Screen for FPD/AML Therapeutics | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Mortimer Poncz, MD | RARE Grant Program (Research Accelerating RUNX1 Exploration) | 2017 | Pennsylvania |
Single-cell Profiling of Early T-cell Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / David Teachey, MD and Kai Tan, PhD | Single-cell Pediatric Cancer Atlas Grant | 2019 | Pennsylvania |
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Phase 1-2 Infrastructure Support Grant | University of Pittsburgh / Jean Tersak, MD | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2013 | Pennsylvania |
Characterization and Targeting of Novel Activating BRAF Mutations in Pediatric Brain Tumors | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Angela Waanders, MD, MPH | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Pennsylvania |
Arginine Depletion with DFMO in High-Risk Neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Christina Turn, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Pennsylvania |
Targeted Combination Therapy to Sensitize High-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia to Methotrexate via Restoration of Ikaros Tumor Suppression | The Pennsylvania State University / Sinisa Dovat, MD/PhD & Chunhua Song, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Pennsylvania |
Anti-Angiogenic Effects of BAI Proteins in Neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Naomi Balamuth, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2006 | Pennsylvania |
Molecular Annotation for Treatment of Childhood Cancers Trial: Neuroblastoma (MATCH-NB) | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Yael Mosse, M.D. | Bio-Therapeutic Impact Award | 2015 | Pennsylvania |
Modeling Genetic Modifiers of Down Syndrome Leukemogenesis | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Stella T. Chou, MD | Springboard Grants | 2013 | Pennsylvania |
Social Determinants of Health, Hospital-level Resources, and Risk of Septic Shock in Pediatric Leukemia | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Jenny Ruiz, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Pennsylvania |