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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Describing the Biological Impacts of Gain-of-function SAMD9 Mutations | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Jason Schwartz, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Tennessee |
Targeting Eya2 to Inhibit c-Myc driven Medulloblastoma Tumor Progression | University of Colorado Denver / Melanie Vincent, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Colorado |
Reversing the Oncogenic Roles of Misdirected Chromatin Remodeling in Synovial Sarcoma | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University School of Medicine / Cigall Kadoch, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | California |
Anti-Angiogenic Effects of BAI Proteins in Neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Naomi Balamuth, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2006 | Pennsylvania |
Cooperating Signaling Networks Regulate Cell Survival of Pediatric Ph-like ALL | University of Pennsylvania / Christian Hurtz, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Pennsylvania |
Development of Targeted Therapies in High Risk Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Sarah Tasian | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Pennsylvania |
Mediators of Metastasis in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma. | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio / Koichi Nishijo, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2006 | Texas |
Bad Influence: EWS/FLI Alters LSD1 and NuRD Interactions to Enforce Oncogenic Function in Ewing’s | Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / Emily Theisen, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Ohio |
Dissecting the Hierarchy of Tumor Cell Differentiation Using Dual Recombinase Technology in a Novel Mouse Model of Rhabdomyosarcoma | Duke University Medical Center / David Van Mater, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | North Carolina |
Using Neurofibromatosis-1 (NF1) to understand Pediatric Brain Tumor Initiation | MD Anderson Cancer Center / Yuan Pan, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | Texas |