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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Investigation of Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma Recurrence through Single-Cell Sequencing | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Anand Patel, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Tennessee |
Zebrafish Modeling of PAX3-FOXO1 Driven Rhabdomyosarcoma | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center / Genevieve Kendall, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Texas |
Dissecting the Role of FOXR2 in the Oncogenesis of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Jessica Tsai, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | Massachusetts |
Investigating the impact of osteosarcoma genetic lesions on bone differentiation | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / James Morrow, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Massachusetts |
Epigenetic Regulation of T cell Activation and Immunotherapy | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Brian Ladle, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Maryland |
Investigating the role of BAI1 in the Metastasis of Medulloblastoma | University of Alabama at Birmingham / Satoru Osuka, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Alabama |
Dissecting Functional uORFs as a Source of Cancer Genes in High-Risk Medulloblastoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / John Prensner, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Massachusetts |
CD19 Delta Ex2 Isoform as a Target for Alternative Therapies in Relapsed Pediatric B-ALL | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Asen Bagashev, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Pennsylvania |
Overcoming Glucocorticoid Resistance in Lymphoid Cancers | University of California San Francisco / Anica Wandler, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | California |
Therapeutic Targets and Molecular Mechanisms in Childhood Brainstem Tumors | University Health Network - Toronto Western Research Institute / Jerome Fortin, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Ontario |