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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The Role of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase in Leukemia | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas / Michalis Agathocleous, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2018 | Texas |
Modulation of STING to enhance the efficacy of treatments for diffuse midline glioma | Duke University / Zachary Reitman, MD/PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2023 | North Carolina |
Genetic Susceptibility to Pediatric Osteosarcoma and Interaction with Measures of Childhood Growth | Duke University / Kyle Walsh, Ph.D. | 'A' Award Grants | 2014 | North Carolina |
Genetically Modified, Cord Blood Derived Natural Killer Cell Therapy for High Grade Pediatric Brain Tumors | Children’s Research Institute / Conrad Russell Cruz, MD, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2015 | District of Columbia |
BET Bromodomain Inhibition as Epigenetic Therapy in Pediatric Leukemia | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory / Christopher Vakoc, MD, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2012 | New York |
Synergistic Activity of Anti-GD2 Antibody and CD47-Blockade for Immunotherapy of Neuroblastoma and Osteosarcoma | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University / Robbie Majzner, MD | 'A' Award Grants | 2019 | California |
Targeting Metabolism in Alveolar Soft Part Sarcomagenesis | Huntsman Cancer Institute / Kevin Jones, MD | 'A' Award Grants | 2013 | Utah |
DNA Damage Responses Coordinate Survival and Cell Death Switching In Lymphocytes | Washington University / Jeffrey Bednarski, MD, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2013 | Missouri |
Mechanisms of PAX3-FOXO1 and HES3 Cooperation in Rhabdomyosarcoma | Nationwide Children’s Hospital / Genevieve Kendall, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2018 | Ohio |
Turning Killers into THINKers: TME Hostility-Impervious NK Cells for Treating Neuroblastoma and Sarcoma | Baylor College of Medicine / Robin Parihar, MD/PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2021 | Texas |