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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parallel sequencing to identify the causes of childhood cancer. | Baylor College of Medicine / Sharon Plon, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2006 | Texas |
| Understanding the Role of a Novel Hereditary Cancer Gene | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio / Patricia Dahia | Innovation Grants | 2010 | Texas |
| Engager T cells for the Adoptive Immunotherapy of Pediatric Malignancies | Baylor College of Medicine / Stephen Gottschalk, MD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | Texas |
| Mechanisms of LYL1-associated T-ALL development | Baylor College of Medicine / Margaret Goodell, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2012 | Texas |
| Treatment of high-risk pediatric brain tumors with a CD133-targeted adenovirus in combination with temozolomide | University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center / Marta Alonso, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Texas |
| Center for Pediatric T Cell Therapy (CEPET) | Baylor College of Medicine / Cliona Rooney | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2010 | Texas |
| Function and Dependency of NFkB Activity in ZFTA-RELA Fusion Ependymoma | Baylor College of Medicine / Austin Stuckert, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Texas |
| Zebrafish Modeling of PAX3-FOXO1 Driven Rhabdomyosarcoma | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center / Genevieve Kendall, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Texas |
| Genetically Engineered T Cells as Therapy for Pediatric Glioma | Baylor College of Medicine / Giedre Krenciute, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Texas |
| Dissecting and Targeting the Wnt Signaling Pathway in Metastatic Osteosarcoma | Baylor College of Medicine / Jason T. Yustein, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Texas |