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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Genomic and nuclear organizational changes in chemotherapy-resistant rhabdomyosarcoma cells | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago / Kyle MacQuarrie, MD/PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2023 | Illinois |
Circulating Tumor Biomarkers: New Paradigms for Management of Neuroblastoma | University of Chicago / Mark Applebaum, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2021 | Illinois |
Genome-Wide 5hmC Profiling of Neuroblastoma Tumors and Patient Cell-Free DNA | University of Chicago / Susan Cohn, MD & Chuan He PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Illinois |
Predicting and Overcoming Resistance to Immunotherapy in Pediatric High-Grade Glioma | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago / Oren Becher, MD & Robert Wechsler-Reya, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Illinois |
Theranostics in Children and Young Adults | University of Iowa / Sue O'Dorisio, MD, PhD | Springboard Grants | 2013 | Iowa |
DFMO-based combination therapy for the treatment of advanced stage neuroblastoma. | Cancer Research Center of Hawaii / Dana-Lynn Koomoa | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | Hawaii |
Molecular Mechanism and Development of Therapeutic Strategies Targeting MYCN-induced Calcium Signaling in Advanced Neuroblastoma | University of Hawaii at Hilo / Ingo Koomoa-Lange, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Hawaii |
PI-3 kinase as a novel and attractive target in pediatric cancer and neuroblastoma | Emory University / Donald Durden | Innovation Grants | 2008 | Georgia |
IDO-based Immunotherapy for Pediatric Brain Tumors | Georgia Health Sciences University Research Institute, Inc. / Theodore Johnson, MD, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2013 | Georgia |
WIP1 Modulates Responsiveness of MB to Genotoxic Stress. | Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta / Robert Craig Castellino, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2006 | Georgia |