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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Parallel sequencing to identify the causes of childhood cancer | Baylor College of Medicine / Sharon Plon | Innovation Grants | 2008 | Texas |
Immunotherapy of Neuroblastoma with CAR.GD2 NKT Cells | Baylor College of Medicine / Leonid S. Metelitsa, M.D., Ph.D. | Bio-Therapeutic Impact Award | 2014 | Texas |
Adoptive immunotherapy using clinical-grade T cells. | University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center / Laurence Cooper, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2007 | Texas |
Parallel sequencing to identify the causes of childhood cancer. | Baylor College of Medicine / Sharon Plon, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2006 | Texas |
RNA Methylation in Metabolically Disrupted Pediatric Cancers | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio / Patricia Dahia, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2018 | Texas |
Development of New Approaches to Target MAP Kinase Pathway in RAS-driven Rhabdomyosarcoma | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio / Angelina Vaseva, PhD | R Accelerated Award Grants | 2023 | Texas |
Engager T cells for the Adoptive Immunotherapy of Pediatric Malignancies | Baylor College of Medicine / Stephen Gottschalk, MD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | Texas |
Strategies for Epigenetically Reprogramming Neuroblastoma Cancer Stem Cells | Baylor College of Medicine / Jason Shohet, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2011 | Texas |
Zebrafish Modeling of PAX3-FOXO1 Driven Rhabdomyosarcoma | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center / Genevieve Kendall, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Texas |
Screening for New Rhabdomyosaroma Pathogenesis Genes in a Drosophila Model | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center / Kathleen Galindo | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Texas |