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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Child and Adolescent Preferences for Involvement in their Cancer Treatment Decisions | Children’s Research Institute / Katherine Kelly, Ph.D. | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2012 | District of Columbia |
Immune Stimulatory Antigen Loaded Particles (ISAPS) for the Treatment of Solid Childhood Tumors | Children’s National Medical Center / Suzanne Miles | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | District of Columbia |
Neurocognitive Assessments within COG: An Intensive, Integrated Model for Successfully Evaluating Children with High-Risk ALL | Children’s Research Institute / Kristina Hardy, PhD | Psychosocial Grants | 2014 | District of Columbia |
Targeted regulation of acetylation as novel therapy for Ewing sarcoma. | Georgetown University / Jeffrey Toretsky | Innovation Grants | 2009 | District of Columbia |
Epigenetic regulation of self-renewal pathways in hematopoietic and leukemic stem cells | George Washington University / Alexandros Tzatsos, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | District of Columbia |
Treating Brain Tumor by Changing Cell Division Pattern | Yale School of Medicine / Weimin Zhong | Innovation Grants | 2010 | Connecticut |
Enhancing Communication about Sexual and Reproductive Health between Oncology Clinicians and Adolescent and Young Adults | Connecticut Children’s Medical Center / Dr. Natasha Frederick, PhD | Psychosocial Launch Grant | 2018 | Connecticut |
Elucidating the Role of Human FAN1 Nuclease in DNA Crosslink Repair | Yale School of Medicine / Timsi Rao, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Connecticut |
Small-molecule screening for novel pediatric glioma radiosensitizers. | Yale School of Medicine / Ranjit Bindra | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Connecticut |
Elucidating the Initiation Mechanism of the Fanconi Anemia Pathway of DNA Damage Repair | Yale School of Medicine / Yong Xiong | Innovation Grants | 2010 | Connecticut |