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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Modeling and Therapeutic Targeting of p21-Activated Kinase Members in High-Risk Rhabdomyosarcoma | Baylor College of Medicine / Jason Yustein, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2018 | Texas |
Energy Balance Strategies for Decreasing Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity | University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center / Eugenie Kleinerman, MD | Innovation Grants | 2018 | Texas |
Multispecific T Cells for Adoptive Immunotherapy of Pediatric High Grade Glioma (HGG) | Baylor College of Medicine / Nabil Ahmed, MD, MSc | Innovation Grants | 2013 | Texas |
Using Neurofibromatosis-1 (NF1) to understand Pediatric Brain Tumor Initiation | MD Anderson Cancer Center / Yuan Pan, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | Texas |
Immunotherapy of Neuroblastoma with CAR.GD2 NKT Cells | Baylor College of Medicine / Leonid S. Metelitsa, M.D., Ph.D. | Bio-Therapeutic Impact Award | 2014 | Texas |
V alpha-invariant NKT cells as a novel platform for cancer immunotherapy | Baylor College of Medicine / Leonid Metelitsa, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2012 | Texas |
Structure-guided de novo design of molecules that selectively target EWS-FLI1 | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio / David Libich, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Texas |
Parallel sequencing to identify the causes of childhood cancer. | Baylor College of Medicine / Sharon Plon, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2006 | Texas |
Development of New Approaches to Target MAP Kinase Pathway in RAS-driven Rhabdomyosarcoma | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio / Angelina Vaseva, PhD | R Accelerated Award Grants | 2023 | Texas |
Elucidating the Mechanism of ERK Mediated Pathogenesis of LCH | Baylor College of Medicine / Rikhia Chakraborty, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Texas |