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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Overcoming Glucocorticoid Resistance in Lymphoid Cancers | University of California San Francisco / Anica Wandler, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | California |
Targeting the ALT Pathway to Induce Synthetic Lethality and Treat Poor Outcome Pediatric Tumors | University of California, Davis / Wolf-Dietrich Heyer, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2018 | California |
Child's Exposure to Radiation from Medical Imaging and the Risk of Childhood Leukemia: Pooled Analyses from the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC) | University of California Berkeley / Catherine Metayer, MD/PhD & Steve Selvin, PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2016 | California |
Intervention Development and Evaluation to Reduce Disparities in Quality of Life for Latino Families Impacted by Cancer | The Regents of the University of California, Irvine / Michelle Fortier, PhD | Psychosocial Family Impact Grant | 2019 | California |
131 I-MIBG Imaging and Therapy for Neuroblastoma: Infrastructure Proposal | University of California San Francisco / Katherine Matthay, MD | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2010 | California |
Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA in Pediatric Sarcomas | The Regents of the University of California San Francisco / Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD & Maximillian Diehn, MD/PhD (Stanford University) | Innovation Grants | 2016 | California |
Investigation of Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms of Second Malignant Neoplasms in a Mouse Model | University of California San Francisco / Jean Nakamura | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | California |
Factors Affecting Parental Satisfaction, Anxiety and Comprehension of the Informed Consent in Pediatric Oncology Clinical Trials | University of California, San Diego / Paula Aristizabal, MD | Psychosocial Grants | 2015 | California |
Single-cell Profiling of Pediatric Bone Sarcomas | University of California, Los Angeles / Alice Soragni, PhD | Single-cell Pediatric Cancer Atlas Grant | 2019 | California |
Understanding and inhibiting mechanisms of metastatic spread in osteosarcoma | University of California San Francisco / Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD | Crazy 8 Awards | 2022 | California |