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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Anthracycline-Induced Cardiac Toxicity in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia | University of Pennsylvania / Kelly Getz, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | Pennsylvania |
NUDT15 Polymorphisms and Individualization of Thiopurine Therapy in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Takaya Moriyama, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Tennessee |
Modeling the Initiation and Progression of Down Syndrome Associated Leukemia Using CRISPR/Cas9 at Single Cell Resolution | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai / Elvin Wagenblast, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | New York |
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 |
Elucidating Mechanisms Driving Renal Medullary Carcinomas to Deliver a Rational Approach to Cancer Directed Therapy | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Andrew Hong, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Massachusetts |
A Role for Non-canonical Wnt/PCP Signaling in Growth and Self-Renewal of Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma | Massachusetts General Hospital / Madeline Hayes, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Massachusetts |
DFMO-based combination therapy for the treatment of advanced stage neuroblastoma. | Cancer Research Center of Hawaii / Dana-Lynn Koomoa | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | Hawaii |
Targeting the Epigenome of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Sama Ahsan, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Maryland |
Reciprocal interactions between tumor killer dendritic cells and tumor-induced regulatory T lymphocytes | University of Arizona / Nicolas Larmonier, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Arizona |
CDK8 as a New Therapeutic Target in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Susu Zhang, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Massachusetts |