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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Novel targeting approach for pediatric B-cell malignancies | Thomas Jefferson University / Christine Eischen, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | Pennsylvania |
Parallel sequencing to identify the causes of childhood cancer | Baylor College of Medicine / Sharon Plon | Innovation Grants | 2008 | Texas |
Identification of TFAP4 (Transcription Factor AP-4/Activating Enhancer Binding Protein) as a Potential Master Regulator/Synthetic Lethal Gene of MYCN Amplified Neuroblastoma | Columbia University Medical Center / Darrell Yamashiro, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | New York |
Developing Immune-modulatory Strategies Against Primary and Metastatic Tumors in the Central Nervous System | Case Western Reserve University / Alex Huang, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2012 | Ohio |
Pediatric Osteosarcoma: Identifying the elusive molecular signature and its relationship to this disease | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Linda Hendershot, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Tennessee |
Synergistic Differentiation Therapy in Neuroblastoma | Duke University / Gerard Blobe, M.D./Ph.D | Innovation Grants | 2015 | North Carolina |
Unraveling metabolic dependencies in childhood supratentorial ependymomas. | Regents of the University of Michigan / Sriram Venneti, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | Michigan |
Preclinical Studies of Gli1 Inhibition in Ewing Family Tumors | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / William May | Innovation Grants | 2008 | California |
Therapeutically Targeting a Tumor Suppressor Complex in Aggressive Pediatric Cancers | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Charles Roberts, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | Massachusetts |
Modeling Pediatric Spinal Gliomas Using Murine Spinal Neural Stem Cells | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Charles Eberhart, MD/PhD & Eric Raabe MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Maryland |