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 1,000 funded projects below.
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ALSF Funded Research Projects
| Project Title | Institution / Principal Investigator(s) |
Grant Type |
Year | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critical Contributions of CRM1 to Leukemogenesis | University of Vermont / Jessica Linda Heath, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Vermont |
| The role of PDE4B in Racial Disparities in Outcome of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Jun Yang | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Tennessee |
| 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 |
| E2A translocations in pediatric leukemia: developing new therapeutic targets | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Bruce Fischer, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2007 | Pennsylvania |
| Novel Role of Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Immunologic Rejection of Malignant Pediatric Brain Tumors | University of Florida / Catherine Flores, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Florida |
| Characterization and Targeting of Novel Activating BRAF Mutations in Pediatric Brain Tumors | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Angela Waanders, MD, MPH | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Pennsylvania |
| Describing the Biological Impacts of Gain-of-function SAMD9 Mutations | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Jason Schwartz, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Tennessee |
| Adoptive Cell Therapy Targeting Antigen Escape Variants in Childhood High Grade Glioma | Baylor College of Medicine / Meenakshi Hegde | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Texas |
| Engager T Cells: A Novel Immunotherapeutic for AML | University of Michigan / Challice Bonifant, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Michigan |
| MicroRNAs 100 and 125b in Ewing sarcoma | University of Colorado Denver / Paul Jedlicka | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Colorado |