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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developing Targeted Immunotherapy Against Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Melinda Biernacki, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Washington |
| Delivering on the Promise of Germline Genetic Testing for RUNX1 Variants | University of Washington, Seattle / Abbye McEwen, MD, PhD | RUNX1 Early Career Investigator Grants | 2022 | Washington |
| Targeting Novel Pediatric-Specific FLT3 Mutations | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Soheil Meshinchi, MD,PhD | Reach Grants | 2015 | Washington |
| Immuno-therapeutic Targeting of CD56 in CBA2T3/GLIS2-AML in Children | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Soheil Meshinchi, MD/PhD | Reach Grants | 2018 | Washington |
| Serious Morbidity and Financial Outcomes Among Pediatric Cancer Survivors | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Beth Mueller, PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2014 | Washington |
| Engineering A Graft Versus Leukemia Effect into Cord Blood Transplant for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Rebecca Gardner | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Washington |
| TrkB Signaling in the Genesis of Murine Neuroblastoma | University of Vermont / Rae Nishi, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2007 | Vermont |
| Critical Contributions of CRM1 to Leukemogenesis | University of Vermont / Jessica Linda Heath, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Vermont |
| Small Molecule Inhibitors of ERG for Pediatric Leukemia and Sarcoma | University of Virginia, School of Medicine / John Bushweller, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2015 | Virginia |
| Pharmacogenomics and Drug Screening Lead to a Novel Targeted Therapy with Potent and Specific Activity Against Mouse Models of MYCN-amplified Neuroblastoma | Virginia Commonwealth University / Anthony Faber, MD & Yael Mosse, MD (CHOP) | Innovation Grants | 2015 | Virginia |