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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investigating the Role of the RNA Binding Protein LIN28 in Neuroblastoma | Boston Children's Hospital / John Powers | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Massachusetts |
| Targeting HMGA1 in Pediatric T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Joelle Hillion, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Maryland |
| Effect of SLCO Polymorphisms on High-Dose Methotrexate Clearance in Pediatric Oncology Patients | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Rachael Schulte, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Tennessee |
| Investigating Epigenetic Mechanisms of Response to Allogenic CAR T Cell Therapy | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Caitlin Zebley, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Tennessee |
| Hospital Volume and Induction Mortality in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Acute Leukemia | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Jennifer Wilkes, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Pennsylvania |
| Targeting Eya2 to Inhibit c-Myc driven Medulloblastoma Tumor Progression | University of Colorado Denver / Melanie Vincent, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Colorado |
| Accessing Combinatorial Effect of PARP Inhibitor with DNA Damaging Agent in Rhabdomyosarcoma at Single Cell Resolution | Massachusetts General Hospital / Chuan Yan, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Massachusetts |
| Immunotherapy Of Neuroblastoma With Natural Killer T Cells Engineered To Target O-acetyl-GD2 | Baylor College of Medicine / Andras Heczey, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Texas |
| DFMO-based combination therapy for the treatment of advanced stage neuroblastoma. | Cancer Research Center of Hawaii / Dana-Lynn Koomoa | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | Hawaii |
| Developing Targeted Immunotherapy Against Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Melinda Biernacki, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Washington |