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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LRP1 and Angiogenesis in Pediatric Malignant Glioma | Mayo Clinic Jacksonville / Takahisa Kanekiyo, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Florida |
| Interrogating the Enhancer Landscapes of Ependymoma to Inform Novel Therapies | Baylor College of Medicine / Stephen Mack, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Texas |
| Exploiting a Novel DNA Repair Defect in Ewing Sarcoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Shuhei Asada, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Massachusetts |
| Identification and Validation of Differentiation Therapy for Osteosarcoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Katherine Janeway, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Massachusetts |
| Modeling the Initiation and Progression of Down Syndrome Associated Leukemia Using CRISPR/Cas9 at Single Cell Resolution | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai / Elvin Wagenblast, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | New York |
| MLL Oncogene-Dependent Enhancer Reprogramming Promotes Leukemogenesis | Stanford University / Feng Pan, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | California |
| The influence of the raphe nucleus and serotonin on progression of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma | Stanford University / Richard Drexler, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | California |
| Investigation of Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms of Second Malignant Neoplasms in a Mouse Model | University of California San Francisco / Jean Nakamura | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | California |
| Development of Targeted Therapies in High Risk Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Sarah Tasian | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Pennsylvania |
| Targeting the Rac GTPase Pathway to Sabotage RAS Signaling in RAS-mutated Leukemia | Boston Children’s Hospital / Sara Canovas Nunes, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | Massachusetts |