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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reversing Feedback Immunosuppression during Oncolytic Virotherapy of Pediatric High Grade Glioma | Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. / Bangxing Hong, PhD | Reach Grants | 2023 | Georgia |
| A Novel Adjunctive LAT-Activating CART (ALA-CART) Cell Platform for the Treatment of Acute Leukemia | University of Colorado Denver_ Anschutz Medical Campus / Catherine Danis, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Colorado |
| CDK12 Links Radiation Response to PARPi Sensitivity in Pediatric Glioma | University of Colorado Denver_ Anschutz Medical Campus / Nathan Dahl, MD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Colorado |
| Radiation and the Tumor Microenvironment in an Immunocompetent Model of Ewing Sarcoma | Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation / Jessica Daley, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Pennsylvania |
| Targeting Kinase Inhibitor Induced DNA-Damage Response in Ph-Like ALL | Temple University / Christian Hurtz, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2022 | Pennsylvania |
| Targeted nanoparticle-mediated “cold”-to-“hot” reprogramming of the tumor microenvironment of high-risk neuroblastoma | University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School / Prabhani Atukorale, PhD & Jason Shohet, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2022 | Massachusetts |
| Targeted nanoparticle-mediated “cold”-to-“hot” reprogramming of the tumor microenvironment of high-risk neuroblastoma | University of Massachusetts Amherst / Prabhani Atukorale, PhD & Jason Shohet, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2022 | Massachusetts |
| Identifying Epistatic Suppressors of Oncohistone in Pediatric High-Grade Gliomas | BC Cancer (Provincial Health Services Authority) / Carol Chen, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | British Columbia |
| Exploiting the Potential of Bromodomain Inhibitors in Ewing Sarcoma | Seattle Children’s Hospital / Shireen Ganapathi, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Washington |
| Neural Crest Gene Regulatory Networks Underlying Normal Meningeal Development and Onset of Meningioma | California Institute of Technology / Ayyappa Raja Desingu Rajan, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | California |