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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cell Line and Xenograft Repository | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center / Patrick Reynolds, MD/PhD | Catalyst Grants | 2014 | Texas |
| A leukemia organoid platform for dissection and targeting of tumor-niche interactions | Columbia Institute for Cancer Genetics / Adolfo Ferrando, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | New York |
| Development of Novel Biomarkers for Immunotherapy in Neuroblastoma | Columbia Institute for Cancer Genetics / Shuobo Boboila, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | New York |
| Cancer Susceptibility and Signaling Pathways in Low-Grade Brain Tumors | Jewish General Hospital / Bárbara Rivera, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | Quebec |
| Role of Protocadherin-9 in Enabling Leukemia Cell Colonization of the CNS | National Jewish Health / Jordan Jacobelli, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Colorado |
| Characterization of Novel OTX2-semaphorin Gene Signaling Pathways Regulating the ‘Grow and Go’ Arms of Highly Aggressive Medulloblastomas | University of Manitoba / Tamra Werbowetski-Ogilvie, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Manitoba |
| Mechanisms of PAX3-FOXO1 and HES3 Cooperation in Rhabdomyosarcoma | Nationwide Children’s Hospital / Genevieve Kendall, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2018 | Ohio |
| Single-cell Gene Expression and Cytosine Modification Profiling in Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors | Dartmouth College / Brock Christensen, PhD | Single-cell Pediatric Cancer Atlas Grant | 2019 | New Hampshire |
| Targeting the Metabolic Drivers of Chemo Resistance in Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Harvard University / Nick van Gastel, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Massachusetts |
| Therapeutic Targeting of Childhood Leukemia by Pharmacological Inhibition of Proteolytic Cleavage of MLL1 | Northwestern University (Illinois) / Zibo Zhao, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Illinois |