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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ex Vivo Modeling of Medulloblastoma using Human iPSC-Derived Cerebellar Organoids | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Stephanie Wu, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Tennessee |
| Targeting Chromatin Remodeling Complexes for Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) Therapy | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Jun Qi, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Massachusetts |
| Targeting Neurons in the Osteosarcoma Microenvironment with Non-Opioid Analgesic Lipid Nanoparticles | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Aaron James, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Maryland |
| 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 |
| Epigenetic Enhancement of MHCI to Augment Neuroblastoma Immunotherapy | University of Wisconsin - Madison / Paul Sondel, MD, PhD and Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2022 | Wisconsin |
| Blocking the Evil Messenger in MYCN-driven High-risk Neuroblastoma | Boston University / Hui Feng, Md, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2022 | Massachusetts |
| Impact of STAG2 loss on DNA Damage and Immunobiology in Ewing sarcoma | University of Pittsburgh / Kelly Bailey, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2022 | Pennsylvania |