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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Targeting the Checkpoint Receptor TIGIT via CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing to Enhance NK Cell Anti-Tumor Activity | Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / Amanda Campbell, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Ohio |
| Uncovering the signaling mechanisms allowing medulloblastoma progenitor cells to orchestrate tumor relapse | Medical University of South Carolina / Jezabel Rodriguez Blanco, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2023 | South Carolina |
| Mechanisms of BRAF Activation in KIAA1549-BRAF Mutant pLGGs | Broad Institute / Sean Misek, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Massachusetts |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The Role of the Innate Immune System in Immune Dysregulation following CART | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Caroline Diorio, MD | 'A' Award Grants | 2023 | Pennsylvania |
| The role of pyruvate kinase as a therapeutic target in pediatric leukemia | Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey / Daniel Herranz Benito, PhD | R Accelerated Award Grants | 2023 | New Jersey |
| Development of a comprehensive liquid biopsy-based genomics platform for pediatric solid tumors | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Jaclyn Biegel | Catalyst Grants | 2023 | California |
| Reversing Feedback Immunosuppression during Oncolytic Virotherapy of Pediatric High Grade Glioma | Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. / Bangxing Hong, PhD | Reach Grants | 2023 | Georgia |