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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Function and Dependency of NFkB Activity in ZFTA-RELA Fusion Ependymoma | Baylor College of Medicine / Austin Stuckert, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Texas |
Zebrafish Modeling of PAX3-FOXO1 Driven Rhabdomyosarcoma | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center / Genevieve Kendall, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Texas |
MLL-based chromosomal translocations in the pathogenesis of childhood leukemia. | Children’s Mercy / Erin Guest | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | Missouri |
Screening for New Rhabdomyosaroma Pathogenesis Genes in a Drosophila Model | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center / Kathleen Galindo | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Texas |
Untangling the Matrix in Medulloblastoma | St. Christopher's Hospital for Children / Duncan Stearns, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Ohio |
The Role of PTPRD as a Tumor Suppressor in Neuroblastoma Pathogenesis | Mayo Clinic / Shizhen Zhu, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Minnesota |
Molecular Mechanism and Development of Therapeutic Strategies Targeting MYCN-induced Calcium Signaling in Advanced Neuroblastoma | University of Hawaii at Hilo / Ingo Koomoa-Lange, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Hawaii |
Exosomes as Biomarkers to Monitor Disease Progression and Response to Therapy in Ewing sarcoma | Children’s Mercy / Glenson Samuel, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Missouri |
Critical Contributions of CRM1 to Leukemogenesis | University of Vermont / Jessica Linda Heath, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Vermont |
Selective inhibition of nuclear export as a novel therapeutic strategy in AML | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Julia Etchin | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Massachusetts |