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 |
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Dissecting Functional uORFs as a Source of Cancer Genes in High-Risk Medulloblastoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / John Prensner, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Massachusetts |
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 |
SETD2 Mutations in Prognosis and Chemotherapy Resistance in Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Brenton Mar, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Massachusetts |
DNA methylation in medulloblastoma | University of Colorado Denver / Rajeev Vibhakar, MD, PhD, MPH | Young Investigator Grants | 2007 | Colorado |
Multifunctional Nanomaterials for the Prevention of Radiotherapy's Side Effects and Childhood Cancers | Massachusetts General Hospital / Charalambos Kaittanis, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Massachusetts |
Translating BET Bromodomain Inhibitors for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Therapy | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Yana Pikman, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Massachusetts |
Identification and Targeting of Microenvironmental Factors Controlling Pediatric Leukemia | New York University School of Medicine / Anastasia Tikhonova, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | New York |
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 |
Novel Nanoscale Phosphoproteomic Discovery of Therapeutic Targets in AML Stem Cells | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Leo Wang, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Massachusetts |
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 |