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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The Role of MiRNA Impairment in Wilms' Tumor Formation | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas / Kenneth Chen, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Texas |
Investigating the Role of the RNA Binding Protein LIN28 in Neuroblastoma | Boston Children’s Hospital / John Powers | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Massachusetts |
Enhancing the Viability, Function, and Safety, of Genetically-Enhanced NK Cells Within the Solid Tumor Microenvironment With IL-15 and a Suicide Gene | Baylor College of Medicine / Robin Parihar, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Texas |
PRL3 as a Novel Therapeutic Target for Relapsed T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Massachusetts General Hospital / Jessica Blackburn, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Massachusetts |
Using zebrafish to model the molecular origins of pediatric myeloid malignancies and acute myeloid leukemia | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Evisa Gjini | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Massachusetts |
A mouse model of Wilms' Tumor | Massachusetts General Hospital / Nabeel Bardeesy, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Massachusetts |
Targeting Aberrant Hh Signaling with BET Bromodomain Inhibition as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy Against MB and DIPG | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University School of Medicine / Yujie Tang, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | California |
Micro-environmental Regulators of Ewing sarcoma Metastasis | University of Pittsburgh / Kelly Bailey, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Pennsylvania |
Altering master genetic regulators SNF5/INI1 and LIN28A to model and treat atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Eric Raabe | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Maryland |
Integration of Targeted New Agents with Chemotherapy | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Robin Norris, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Pennsylvania |