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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Development and Characterization of Novel Models of Human Osteosarcoma Development and Metastasis | University of Minnesota / Beau Webber, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | Minnesota |
Reciprocal interactions between tumor killer dendritic cells and tumor-induced regulatory T lymphocytes | University of Arizona / Nicolas Larmonier, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Arizona |
STING Pathway Activation: The Missing Link between Genomic Instability and Antitumor Immunity in Osteosarcoma | University of California San Francisco / Elizabeth Young, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | California |
Modeling H3 G34R and BCOR-Altered Glioma Pathogenesis Using Neural Stem Cells | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Satoshi Nakata, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Maryland |
The Role of Prmt1 in Osteosarcoma Initiation and Metastasis | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Hao-Ru Hsu, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Massachusetts |
The Role of DNA Methylation in Pediatric Cancer | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Scott Diede | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Washington |
Elucidating the Role of Human FAN1 Nuclease in DNA Crosslink Repair | Yale School of Medicine / Timsi Rao, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Connecticut |
Interrogation of Neuroblastoma Dependencies and RNAs on the Core-Regulatory Circuitry for Therapeutic Inhibition | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Adam Durbin, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Tennessee |
High-Throughput Gene-Editing via Microfluidic Cell Deformability to Enable Off-the-Shelf Allogeneic Cellular Immunotherapies | University of California, Los Angeles / Steven Jonas, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | California |
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 |