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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ex Vivo Modeling of Medulloblastoma using Human iPSC-Derived Cerebellar Organoids | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Stephanie Wu, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Tennessee |
| Development of a comprehensive liquid biopsy-based genomics platform for pediatric solid tumors | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Jaclyn Biegel | Catalyst Grants | 2023 | California |
| Reversing Feedback Immunosuppression during Oncolytic Virotherapy of Pediatric High Grade Glioma | Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. / Bangxing Hong, PhD | Reach Grants | 2023 | Georgia |
| The Impact of the Intestinal Microbiome on Sarcoma Metastasis | Albert Einstein College of Medicine / David Loeb, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | New York |
| Development of RADARS-based Therapy to Treat Fusion Molecule Driven Pediatric Malignancies | Boston Children’s Hospital / Alan B. Cantor, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Massachusetts |
| CDK12 Links Radiation Response to PARPi Sensitivity in Pediatric Glioma | University of Colorado Denver_ Anschutz Medical Campus / Nathan Dahl, MD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Colorado |
| Therapeutic targeting of clonal hematopoiesis in RUNX1 mutant FPDMM | University of Pennsylvania / Robert Bowman, Ph.D. | RARE Grant Program (Research Accelerating RUNX1 Exploration) | 2024 | Pennsylvania |
| Improving homing and activity of CAR T cells in pediatric sarcomas | University of Colorado Denver / Joselyn Cruz Cruz, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Colorado |
| Defining how unique properties of the pediatric immune system contribute to poor efficacy of checkpoint blockade in children | Stanford University / Adrienne Long, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | California |
| Understanding the role of CDK8 in protein synthesis for treating MYC-driven medulloblastoma | University of Colorado Denver / Dong Wang, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Colorado |