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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niche for in Vitro Generation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells from Pluripotent Stem Cells | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Brandon Hadland, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Washington |
| Identification of Resistance Mechanisms and Novel Therapeutic Strategies in Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Resistant FLT3/ITD Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Katherine Tarlock, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Washington |
| Exploiting the Potential of Bromodomain Inhibitors in Ewing Sarcoma | Seattle Children’s Hospital / Shireen Ganapathi, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Washington |
| HA-1 TCR T-cell Immunotherapy for Acute Leukemia | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Marie Bleakley, M.D., Ph.D. | Bio-Therapeutic Impact Award | 2014 | Washington |
| Restoring RUNX1 Levels in FPD/AML | University of Washington, Seattle / Marshall Horwitz, MD/PhD | RARE Grant Program (Research Accelerating RUNX1 Exploration) | 2016 | Washington |
| Aberrant DNA methylation in Ewing sarcoma. | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Scott Borinstein | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | Washington |
| Use sophisticated approaches to optimize the effectiveness of current chemotherapy agents, and to develop novel chemotherapy agents | Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center / Julie Park, MD | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2006 | Washington |
| Exploiting WT1 Genomic Alterations for Target Identification and MRD Monitoring in Pediatric AML | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Phoenix Ho | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Washington |
| Developing Targeted Immunotherapy Against Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Melinda Biernacki, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Washington |
| Delivering on the Promise of Germline Genetic Testing for RUNX1 Variants | University of Washington, Seattle / Abbye McEwen, MD, PhD | RUNX1 Early Career Investigator Grants | 2022 | Washington |