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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End-of-Life Care of Children with Cancer: Variation and Stakeholder Priorities | University of Alabama at Birmingham / Emily Johnston, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | Alabama |
Deciphering the Mechanisms of Medulloblastoma Treatment Resistance using Integrative Genomics | Hospital for Sick Children / Vijay Ramaswamy, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Ontario |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Virotherapy on Primary Neuroblastoma Cells | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center / Pin-Yi Wang | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Ohio |
Multifunctional Nanomaterials for the Prevention of Radiotherapy's Side Effects and Childhood Cancers | Massachusetts General Hospital / Charalambos Kaittanis, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Massachusetts |
Developing an accurate genetic model for rhabdomyosarcoma therapy | Children's Research Institute / Dawn Chandler, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2007 | District of Columbia |