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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPC2 CAR T Cell Targeted Delivery of BiKEs in High-Risk Neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Guillem Pascual-Pasto, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | Pennsylvania |
| Targeting Oncogenic N-MYC Complexes in High-Risk Neuroblastoma | The Regents of the University of California San Francisco / Bo Qiu, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | California |
| DNA methylation in medulloblastoma | University of Colorado Denver / Rajeev Vibhakar, MD, PhD, MPH | Young Investigator Grants | 2007 | Colorado |
| Identification and Targeting of Microenvironmental Factors Controlling Pediatric Leukemia | New York University School of Medicine / Anastasia Tikhonova, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | New York |
| GSTM4, a novel target for treating Ewing sarcoma. | Huntsman Cancer Institute / Wen Luo | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | Utah |
| Activating Metabolic Pathways to Increase the Persistence of Leukemia Targeting T Cells | Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh / Erica Braverman, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Pennsylvania |
| Augmenting Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Induced Epitope Spreading for Pediatric Solid Tumors | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Michael Leibowitz, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Pennsylvania |
| Characterization of Chromatin Landscapes to Identify Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Diffuse Midline Gliomas. | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Jay Sarthy, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Washington |
| The Role of PARP3 in the Formation of Chromosomal Translocations | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Tovah Day, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Massachusetts |
| Developing an accurate genetic model for rhabdomyosarcoma therapy | Children’s Research Institute / Dawn Chandler, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2007 | District of Columbia |