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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Mothers and Fathers Perspectives: Family Management of Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain Tumors | University of Pennsylvania / Janet Deatrick | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2010 | Pennsylvania |
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Phase 1-2 Infrastructure Support Grant | University of Pittsburgh / Jean Tersak, MD | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2013 | Pennsylvania |
E2A translocations in pediatric leukemia: developing new therapeutic targets | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Bruce Fischer, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2007 | Pennsylvania |
A Comparison of Parent and Clinician Reported Toxicities in Standard Radiation Versus Proton Beam Radiation in Children with Posterior Fossa Tumors. | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Rosanna Pollack, RN & Cynthia Schmus, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | Pennsylvania |
Development of Targeted Therapies in High Risk Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Sarah Tasian | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Pennsylvania |
Novel Genomic Drivers in Pediatric Polyposis Syndromes | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Suzanne MacFarland, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Pennsylvania |
Exploiting glypican diversity in neuroblastoma plasticity with bicistronic CAR T cell targeting | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Kristopher Bosse, MD | 'A' Award Grants | 2022 | Pennsylvania |
Loss of ER-mitochondria contacts drives therapy resistance in neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Michael Hogarty, MD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | Pennsylvania |
DFMO Synergy with Chemo-immunotherapy to Eradicate MYC-Driven Neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Michael Hogarty, MD | Reach Grants | 2016 | Pennsylvania |
Alternative Splicing in the Pathogenesis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Pennsylvania |