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 |
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Targeted Hyperactivation of PI3K/AKT in B-cell malignancies | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Vishal Khairnar, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Massachusetts |
Redefining Osteosarcoma Metastases as Chronic Non-healing Lung Wounds: Implications for Developing Novel Therapies | Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / James Reinecke, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Ohio |
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 |
Investigation of Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms of Second Malignant Neoplasms in a Mouse Model | University of California San Francisco / Jean Nakamura | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | California |
Micro-environmental Regulators of Ewing sarcoma Metastasis | University of Pittsburgh / Kelly Bailey, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Pennsylvania |
A Translational Approach to Identify Drugs with Specific Activity Against EZH2 Mutant High Risk T-ALLs and ETP ALLs that Overexpress the JDP2 bZIP Transcription Factor | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Shuning He, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Massachusetts |
WIP1 Modulates Responsiveness of MB to Genotoxic Stress. | Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta / Robert Craig Castellino, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2006 | Georgia |
Cancer Susceptibility and Signaling Pathways in Low-Grade Brain Tumors | Jewish General Hospital / Bárbara Rivera, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | Quebec |
Untangling the Matrix in Medulloblastoma | St. Christopher's Hospital for Children / Duncan Stearns, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Ohio |
Targeted Inhibition of Signaling Networks in Pediatric Glioblastoma Stem Cells | University of California Berkeley / Erin Simonds, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | California |