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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Targeting symmetric division in pediatric cancers | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Rosalind Segal, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Massachusetts |
| Dissecting Microenvironmental Interactions in Pediatric High-Grade Gliomas that Promote Tumor Growth | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Mariella G. Filbin, MD/PhD | Crazy 8 Pilots | 2019 | Massachusetts |
| Role of the macro lncRNA KCNQ1OT1 in embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma tumorigenesis | Duke University / Corinne Linardic, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | North Carolina |
| Targeting mechanisms of Siglec15-mediated immune evasion in hematologic malignancies | Emory University / Christopher Porter, MD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Georgia |
| The anti-tumor immune microenvironment in the Sonic Hedgehog subclass of medulloblastoma | Emory University / Anna Kenney, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Georgia |
| Characterization of Chromatin Landscapes to Identify Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Diffuse Midline Gliomas. | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Jay Sarthy, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Washington |
| Targeting Valine-Specific Amino Acid Dependency -in T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | New York University School of Medicine / Palaniraja Thandapani, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | New York |
| Targeting a Novel Epigenetic Signature in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas | New York University School of Medicine / Danny Reinberg, PhD | Reach Grants | 2019 | New York |
| Developing drugs to treat NT5C2 mediated resistance in pediatric ALL | New York University School of Medicine / William Carroll, MD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | New York |
| Identifying targeted treatments for DICER1-associated sarcomas | Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre / William Foulkes, MD/PhD & Sidong Huang, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Quebec |