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 |
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Development of a Connectedness with Healthcare Providers Scale for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer | Indiana University / Celeste Phillips-Salimi | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2011 | Indiana |
DNA Sequencing Using Malaria Slides | Indiana University / Terry Vik, MD | Epidemiology Grants | 2015 | Indiana |
Childhood Leukemia in Kenya Identified Through Malaria Slide Review | Indiana University / Terry Vik | Epidemiology Grants | 2012 | Indiana |
Circulating Tumor Biomarkers: New Paradigms for Management of Neuroblastoma | University of Chicago / Mark Applebaum, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2021 | Illinois |
Epigenetic Targeted Therapy and Resistance in Pediatric Rhabdoid Tumor | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago / Rintaro Hashizume, MD/PhD | Reach Grants | 2018 | Illinois |
DNA Methylation Inhibitor Therapy for Testicular Germ Cell Tumors | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign / Michael Spinella, Ph.D. | Reach Grants | 2014 | Illinois |
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Survival of Children with Neuroblastoma | University of Chicago / Susan Cohn, MD | Innovation Grants | 2011 | Illinois |
Predicting and Overcoming Resistance to Immunotherapy in Pediatric High-Grade Glioma | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago / Oren Becher, MD & Robert Wechsler-Reya, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Illinois |
Therapeutic Targeting of Childhood Leukemia by Pharmacological Inhibition of Proteolytic Cleavage of MLL1 | Northwestern University (Illinois) / Zibo Zhao, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Illinois |
Genomic and nuclear organizational changes in chemotherapy-resistant rhabdomyosarcoma cells | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago / Kyle MacQuarrie, MD/PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2023 | Illinois |