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 1,000 funded projects below.
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ALSF Funded Research Projects
| Project Title | Institution / Principal Investigator(s) |
Grant Type |
Year | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developing an accurate genetic model for rhabdomyosarcoma therapy | Children's Research Institute / Dawn Chandler, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2007 | District of Columbia |
| The Role of DEF and SSU Processome in Neuroblastoma Pathogenesis | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Ting Tao, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Massachusetts |
| Targeting HMGA1 in Pediatric T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Joelle Hillion, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Maryland |
| 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 |
| The Cebpa Downstream Enhancer as a Key Target of Transformation to Acute Myeloid Leukemia | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Stacy Cooper, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Maryland |
| Therapeutic Targeting of Childhood Leukemia by Pharmacological Inhibition of Proteolytic Cleavage of MLL1 | Northwestern University (Illinois) / Zibo Zhao, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Illinois |
| A CRISPRi Genetic Screen in Ewing sarcoma Identifies a Novel Dependence on Homologous Recombination DNA Repair | University of California San Francisco / Asmin Tulpule, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | California |
| Micro-environmental Regulators of Ewing sarcoma Metastasis | University of Pittsburgh / Kelly Bailey, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Pennsylvania |
| Cancer Susceptibility and Signaling Pathways in Low-Grade Brain Tumors | Jewish General Hospital / Bárbara Rivera, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | Quebec |
| Multifunctional Nanomaterials for the Prevention of Radiotherapy's Side Effects and Childhood Cancers | Massachusetts General Hospital / Charalambos Kaittanis, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Massachusetts |