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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Targeting microenvironment-induced TGFB signaling to overcome drug resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Charles Mullighan, MD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Tennessee |
CD47-blocking Oncolytic Vaccinia Viruses as Biotherapeutics for Pediatric Solid Tumors | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Stephen Gottschalk, MD & Nino Rainusso, MD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Tennessee |
Testing a Hospital Sleep Hygiene Intervention | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Belinda Mandrell, PhD, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | Tennessee |
Small Molecule Degraders for Targeting Transcription Factor Drivers of Childhood Cancers | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Charles G. Mullighan, MBBS(Hons), MSc, MD, FRACP, FRCPA | Crazy 8 Awards | 2020 | Tennessee |
Platform development for target identification in high risk pediatric leukemias | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Adolfo A Ferrando, MD/PhD, Charles Mullighan, MD | Crazy 8 Pilots | 2019 | Tennessee |
Pediatric Oncology Translational Research Program. | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / James Whitlock, MD | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2006 | Tennessee |
MTG-16 Regulation by Phosphorylation | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Michael Engel, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2006 | Tennessee |
Enhancing Coping and Communication in Children with Cancer and Their Parents: A Novel Internet-Based Intervention | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Bruce Compas, PhD | Psychosocial Grants | 2016 | Tennessee |
Investigation of Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma Recurrence through Single-Cell Sequencing | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Anand Patel, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Tennessee |
Targeting polycomb-mediated epigenetic silencing in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Emmanuel Volanakis | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Tennessee |