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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MYC-driven Core Regulatory Circuits in Neuroblastoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Mark Zimmerman, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Massachusetts |
| CAMKV as a Target for Immunotherapy in MYCN-Amplified Neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Robyn Sussman, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Pennsylvania |
| Generation of a novel oncolytic virus for treatment of pediatric brain tumors. | The Ohio State University / Balveen Kaur, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2007 | Ohio |
| Pre-clinical Evaluation of LSD1 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Pediatric Ewing sarcoma: Defining the Biomarkers of Sensitivity and Mechanisms of Resistance | Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / Kathleen Pishas, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Ohio |
| Determinants of Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Platinum Sensitivity and Resistance | University of California, San Diego / Paolo Abada | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | California |
| Targeting Glutamine Metabolism in MYC Driven Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumors | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Jeffrey Rubens, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | Maryland |
| Understanding the Role of Translational Control in Humanized Mouse Models for Medulloblastoma | University of California San Francisco / Ozlem Aksoy, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | California |
| Zebrafish Modeling of PAX3-FOXO1 Driven Rhabdomyosarcoma | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center / Genevieve Kendall, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Texas |
| Genetically Engineered T Cells as Therapy for Pediatric Glioma | Baylor College of Medicine / Giedre Krenciute, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Texas |
| Identifying novel biomarkers for risk stratification in t-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). | University of California San Francisco / Michelle Hermiston, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | California |