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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critical Contributions of CRM1 to Leukemogenesis | University of Vermont / Jessica Linda Heath, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Vermont |
| Investigating the Role of Circadian Rhythm in the Progression of Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Boston Children's Hospital / Samantha Morris, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Massachusetts |
| Characterization of Chromatin Landscapes to Identify Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Diffuse Midline Gliomas. | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Jay Sarthy, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Washington |
| DFMO-based combination therapy for the treatment of advanced stage neuroblastoma. | Cancer Research Center of Hawaii / Dana-Lynn Koomoa | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | Hawaii |
| Selective inhibition of nuclear export as a novel therapeutic strategy in AML | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Julia Etchin | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Massachusetts |
| Interrogating the Enhancer Landscapes of Ependymoma to Inform Novel Therapies | Baylor College of Medicine / Stephen Mack, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Texas |
| Targeting Glutamine Metabolism in MYC Driven Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumors | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Jeffrey Rubens, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | Maryland |
| Targeting Aberrant Hh Signaling with BET Bromodomain Inhibition as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy Against MB and DIPG | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University School of Medicine / Yujie Tang, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | California |
| Targeting the Thymic Stromal Lymphopoeitin Receptor Signaling Axis to Reduce Relapse of High Risk Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | National Cancer Institute / Christopher Chien, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Maryland |
| Using Neurofibromatosis-1 (NF1) to understand Pediatric Brain Tumor Initiation | Stanford University School of Medicine / Yuan Pan, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | California |