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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V alpha-invariant NKT cells as a novel platform for cancer immunotherapy | Baylor College of Medicine / Leonid Metelitsa, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2012 | Texas |
Enhancing the Viability, Function, and Safety, of Genetically-Enhanced NK Cells Within the Solid Tumor Microenvironment With IL-15 and a Suicide Gene | Baylor College of Medicine / Robin Parihar, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Texas |
Natural Killer T cells with an IL-15-armored GD2-specific CAR for Children with Neuroblastoma | Baylor College of Medicine / Andras Heczey, MD | Bio-Therapeutic Impact Award | 2017 | 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 |
STAT3 Signaling Profiles Predict Response to Chemotherapy in Pediatric AML | Baylor College of Medicine / Michele Redell, M.D./Ph.D. | Springboard Grants | 2014 | Texas |
High-throughput CAR NKT Library Screen for Improving Neuroblastoma Immunotherapy | Baylor College of Medicine / Xavier Rios, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | Texas |
The Meaning of Adolescents' Eating Experiences during Bone Marrow Transplant Recovery. | Baylor College of Medicine / Cheryl Rodgers, PhD, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | Texas |
The role of PDE4B in Racial Disparities in Outcome of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Jun Yang | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Tennessee |
Small Molecule Degraders for Targeting Transcription Factor Drivers of Childhood Cancers | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Charles G. Mullighan, MBBS(Hons), MSc, MD, FRACP, FRCPA | Crazy 8 Awards | 2020 | Tennessee |
Describing the Biological Impacts of Gain-of-function SAMD9 Mutations | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Jason Schwartz, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Tennessee |