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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GPC2 as an Oncogene and Immunotherapeutic Target in High-risk Neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Kristopher Bosse, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Pennsylvania |
Immunotherapy Of Neuroblastoma With Natural Killer T Cells Engineered To Target O-acetyl-GD2 | Baylor College of Medicine / Andras Heczey, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Texas |
Autophagy and mTOR Inhibition in Pediatric Gliomas with BRAF Mutations | University of Colorado Denver / Jean Mulcahy Levy, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Colorado |
Targeting TGFb Pathway Dependencies in Group 3 Medulloblastoma | University of California San Francisco / Zulekha Qadeer, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | California |
Targeting the Mechanism of Differentiation Arrest in a Novel Model of Acute Leukemia | Massachusetts General Hospital / David Sykes | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Massachusetts |
Exploiting WT1 Genomic Alterations for Target Identification and MRD Monitoring in Pediatric AML | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Phoenix Ho | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Washington |
Generation of a novel oncolytic virus for treatment of pediatric brain tumors. | The Ohio State University / Balveen Kaur, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2007 | Ohio |
Targeting the Thymic Stromal Lymphopoeitin Receptor Signaling Axis to Reduce Relapse of High Risk Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | National Cancer Institute / Christopher Chien, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Maryland |
The Impact Of CD56neg NK Cells in the Pathogenesis of Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma | University of Massachusetts Medical School / Catherine Forconi, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Massachusetts |
Identifying novel biomarkers for risk stratification in t-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). | University of California San Francisco / Michelle Hermiston, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | California |