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.
Use the search tool to refine your results. You can also click on a heading to sort by project title, institution name, or year the grant was awarded. Click on the project title to read more information.
You can learn about ALSF's grant review process here.
ALSF Funded Research Projects
Project Title | Institution / Principal Investigator(s) | Grant Type | Year | State |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dual PTK7/GD2 Gamma Delta CAR T Cell Therapy for Neuroblastoma | Emory University / Kelly Goldsmith, MD & H. Trent Spencer, PhD & Chris B. Doering, PhD | Reach Grants | 2021 | Georgia |
Therapeutic Reactivation of p53 to Overcome Apoptotic Resistance in Pediatric Leukemia | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Loren Walensky, MD, PhD & Kimberly Stegmaier, MD | Reach Grants | 2015 | Massachusetts |
Targeted Inhibition of the DNA Damage Response Pathway: A Novel Intervention in the Treatment of Pediatric Leukemias | National Cancer Institute / Andre Nussenzweig, Ph.D. | Reach Grants | 2014 | Maryland |
Identification of Rhabdomyosarcoma Therapies Using an Efficient Mouse and Drosophila Repurposing Screen | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Mary Baylies, Ph.D. | Reach Grants | 2014 | New York |
Reversing Feedback Immunosuppression during Oncolytic Virotherapy of Pediatric High Grade Glioma | Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. / Bangxing Hong, PhD | Reach Grants | 2023 | Georgia |
Phase I Study of Lentivirus Engineered Autologous AML Cells Expressing IL-12 in Children and Young Adults with Relapsed AML | Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin - Milwaukee / Michael Burke, MD & Jeffrey Medin, MD/PhD | Reach Grants | 2017 | Wisconsin |
DFMO Synergy with Chemo-immunotherapy to Eradicate MYC-Driven Neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Michael Hogarty, MD | Reach Grants | 2016 | Pennsylvania |
Epigenetic Targeted Therapy and Resistance in Pediatric Rhabdoid Tumor | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago / Rintaro Hashizume, MD/PhD | Reach Grants | 2018 | Illinois |
Enhancing TKI Therapy in Ph-Like Leukemia | The Regents of the University of California, Irvine / David Fruman, PhD | Reach Grants | 2022 | California |
Targeting RNA Helicase DDX3 to Treat Recurrent High Grade Sarcoma | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / David Loeb, MD, PhD | Reach Grants | 2013 | Maryland |