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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Strategies for Epigenetically Reprogramming Neuroblastoma Cancer Stem Cells | Baylor College of Medicine / Jason Shohet, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2011 | Texas |
Engager T cells for the Adoptive Immunotherapy of Pediatric Malignancies | Baylor College of Medicine / Stephen Gottschalk, MD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | Texas |
DICER1-Driven Cancers: Models, Mechanisms and Therapies | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas / James Amatruda, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Texas |
Screening for New Rhabdomyosaroma Pathogenesis Genes in a Drosophila Model | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center / Kathleen Galindo | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Texas |
Role of Primary Cilium Signaling and Dynamics in Medulloblastoma Initiation and Progression | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center / Saikat Mukhopadhyay, MD/PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2016 | Texas |
Synthetic Gene Expression Regulatory Switches (SynGERS) for Improved CAR T Cell Function in Pediatric Solid Tumors | Baylor College of Medicine / Leidy Diana Caraballo Galva, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Texas |
Engineering the CAR T Cells to Overcome Tumor Derived Immune-Inhibition in Glioblastoma | Baylor College of Medicine / Meenakshi Hegde, MD | 'A' Award Grants | 2016 | Texas |
In Situ CD19.CAR-T Generation Using TRIDENT System for Pediatric B Cell Malignancies | Baylor College of Medicine / Masataka Suzuki, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Texas |
The Role of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase in Leukemia | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas / Michalis Agathocleous, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2018 | Texas |
Synthetic gene expression regulator switches (SynGERS) expressed in CAR T cells to cure children with solid tumors | Baylor College of Medicine / Andras Heczey, MD | R Accelerated Award Grants | 2023 | Texas |