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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Overcoming Glucocorticoid Resistance in Lymphoid Cancers | University of California San Francisco / Anica Wandler, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | California |
Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA in Pediatric Sarcomas | The Regents of the University of California San Francisco / Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD & Maximillian Diehn, MD/PhD (Stanford University) | Innovation Grants | 2016 | California |
In-vivo characterization of MYCN-driven immunosuppression | University of California San Francisco / William Weiss, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | California |
Single-Cell Profiling of Acute Myeloid Leukemia for High-Resolution Chemo-immunotherapy Target Discovery | Stanford University School of Medicine / Charles Gawad, MD/PhD | Single-cell Pediatric Cancer Atlas Grant | 2019 | California |
Targeting PI3Kdelta in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Yong-mi Kim, MD & Nora Heisterkamp, PhD | Reach Grants | 2015 | California |
Next-Generation Therapies for Hedgehog Pathway-Dependent Tumors | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University School of Medicine / James Chen, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | California |
Long-Term Morbidity in Survivors of Childhood Cancer with Down Syndrome | University of California San Francisco / Shannon Raber | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2010 | California |
A CRISPRi Genetic Screen in Ewing sarcoma Identifies a Novel Dependence on Homologous Recombination DNA Repair | University of California San Francisco / Asmin Tulpule, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | California |
The Role of Tumor Heterogeneity in Relapse of Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Children’s Hospital & Research Center at Oakland / Cheryl Peretz, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | California |
Investigating the Role of Genetic and Epigenetic Variation in Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Down Syndrome | University of California San Francisco / Adam de Smith, Ph.D. | 'A' Award Grants | 2014 | California |