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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An Engineered Nanoimmunotherapy for Treating Neuroblastoma | George Washington University / Rohan Fernandes, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2016 | District of Columbia |
Rational Combination Therapy of AML | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Alex Kentsis, MD, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2013 | New York |
Uncovering the signaling mechanisms allowing medulloblastoma progenitor cells to orchestrate tumor relapse | Medical University of South Carolina / Jezabel Rodriguez Blanco, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2023 | South Carolina |
Engineering the Lymph Node Environment with Therapeutic Vaccine Depots to Combat Neuroblastoma | University of Maryland, College Park / Christopher Jewell, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2013 | Maryland |
Identifying Rare Genetic Variants Involved in High Risk Pediatric Leukemia Via Pooled Sequencing | Washington University / Todd Druley, MD, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2009 | Missouri |
Inside-Out Immunotherapy: Combating Neuroblastoma via Nanoparticle-Directed Reprogramming of the Tumor Microenvironment | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / John Wilson, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2015 | Tennessee |
The Role of the Innate Immune System in Immune Dysregulation following CART | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Caroline Diorio, MD | 'A' Award Grants | 2023 | Pennsylvania |
Mechanisms of PAX3-FOXO1 and HES3 Cooperation in Rhabdomyosarcoma | Nationwide Children’s Hospital / Genevieve Kendall, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2018 | Ohio |
Elucidating the Role of SETD2 in Pediatric High Grade Glioma Formation | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Thomas De Raedt, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2019 | Pennsylvania |
The Role of MST1 in Non-canonical Hippo Signaling in Rhabdomyosarcoma | Duke University / Lisa Crose, Ph.D. | 'A' Award Grants | 2014 | North Carolina |