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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DICER1, MicroRNAs and Pediatric Cancer: An Emerging Story | Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre / William Foulkes, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | Quebec |
Evaluation of the Literacy Demand and Racial/Ethnic Influences for Self-Reported Symptomatic Adverse Events during Childhood Cancer Therapy | Palmetto Health / Janice Withycombe, PhD | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2013 | South Carolina |
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 |
CD36-Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Axis in Osteosarcoma Progression | Medical University of South Carolina / Meenal Mehrotra, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | South Carolina |
Targeting microenvironment-induced TGFB signaling to overcome drug resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Charles Mullighan, MD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Tennessee |
Small Molecule Degraders for Targeting Transcription Factor Drivers of Childhood Cancers | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Charles G. Mullighan, MBBS(Hons), MSc, MD, FRACP, FRCPA | Crazy 8 Awards | 2020 | Tennessee |
Platform development for target identification in high risk pediatric leukemias | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Adolfo A Ferrando, MD/PhD, Charles Mullighan, MD | Crazy 8 Pilots | 2019 | Tennessee |
MYC as a Driver and Anti-Cancer Target in Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / William Tansey, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Tennessee |
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 |
A novel mouse model of rhabdomyosarcoma | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Chin Chiang, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2012 | Tennessee |