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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The Role of Metabolism in MLL-AF9 Leukemia Initiation | Massachusetts General Hospital / Rushdia Yusuf | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Massachusetts |
Targeted Therapy for Core Binding Factor Leukemia | University of Massachusetts Medical School / John Pulikkan, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Massachusetts |
Determinants of Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Platinum Sensitivity and Resistance | University of California, San Diego / Paolo Abada | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | California |
MYC-driven Core Regulatory Circuits in Neuroblastoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Mark Zimmerman, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Massachusetts |
Identifying Ewing Sarcoma Developmental Vulnerabilities | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Elena Vasileva, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | California |
Targeting Glutamine Metabolism in MYC Driven Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumors | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Jeffrey Rubens, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | Maryland |
Virotherapy on Primary Neuroblastoma Cells | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center / Pin-Yi Wang | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Ohio |
Autophagy and mTOR Inhibition in Pediatric Gliomas with BRAF Mutations | University of Colorado Denver / Jean Mulcahy Levy, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Colorado |
Identifying Epistatic Suppressors of Oncohistone in Pediatric High-Grade Gliomas | BC Cancer (Provincial Health Services Authority) / Carol Chen, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | British Columbia |
MTG-16 Regulation by Phosphorylation | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Michael Engel, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2006 | Tennessee |