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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widening the therapeutic index for pediatric medulloblastoma by targeting BET proteins | Harvard University / Kristopher Sarosiek, Ph.D. | R Accelerated Award Grants | 2024 | Massachusetts |
| Exploiting a Novel DNA Repair Defect in Ewing Sarcoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Shuhei Asada, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Massachusetts |
| Unraveling the Mechanisms of Inherited Predisposition to Childhood Leukemia | Boston Children’s Hospital / Vijay Sankaran, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2024 | Massachusetts |
| Novel mechanisms and therapeutic targeting of chemoresistant rhabdomyosarcoma | Massachusetts General Hospital / Yueyang Wang, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Massachusetts |
| Illuminating Choroid Plexus Carcinoma Vascularization in Real Time | Boston Children’s Hospital / Maria Lehtinen, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2024 | Massachusetts |
| Gene-mediated cytotoxic immunotherapy in pediatric patients with recurrent malignant brain tumors | University of Michigan / Andrea Franson, MD | 'A' Award Grants | 2024 | Michigan |
| Utilizing chromatin directed inhibitors to regulate gene expression in Ewing sarcoma for therapeutic benefit | University of North Carolina / Justin Sperlazza, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | North Carolina |
| Exploring the Interplay of Microbiome, Bile Acids, Immune Reconstitution, and Clinical Outcomes Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Transplantation in Pediatrics | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Oriana Miltiadous, MD | Reach Grants | 2024 | New York |
| Direct targeting of oncoprotein assembly using mimetic peptide interference | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Alex Kentsis, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2024 | New York |
| Targeting protein synthesis in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center / Courtney Jones, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2024 | Ohio |