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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Pain and Symptom Experiences in Children with Cancer | University of California, Los Angeles / Eufemia Jacob, PhD, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | California |
| A CRISPRi Genetic Screen in Ewing sarcoma Identifies a Novel Dependence on Homologous Recombination DNA Repair | University of California San Francisco / Asmin Tulpule, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | California |
| Neural Crest Gene Regulatory Networks Underlying Normal Meningeal Development and Onset of Meningioma | California Institute of Technology / Ayyappa Raja Desingu Rajan, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | California |
| Targeted Inhibition of Signaling Networks in Pediatric Glioblastoma Stem Cells | University of California Berkeley / Erin Simonds, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | California |
| Modeling Pediatric Leukemia in the Zebrafish to Enable Discovery of New Anti-Leukemic Compounds | University of California, San Diego / David Traver, MD | Innovation Grants | 2012 | California |
| An Intersection of Cell Metabolism and Differentiation in Childhood Sarcomas | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center / Sandra Orsulic, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | California |
| Preclinical Testing of Candidate Therapeutics in a Pediatric Spinal Cord High-grade Glioma Model | Stanford University / Michelle Monje, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | California |
| Expanding Innovative Pediatric Cancer Clinical Trial Access at Stanford | Stanford University / Maria-Grazia Roncarolo, M.D. & Sherri Spunt, M.D. | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2015 | California |
| Defining the Role of a Novel, Developmentally Restricted Hematopoietic Stem Cell in Pediatric Leukemias | University of California at Santa Cruz / Camilla Forsberg, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | California |