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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Validation of microRNAs as valid targets in a pediatric sarcoma | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center / Mark Hatley | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Texas |
Activating Metabolic Pathways to Increase the Persistence of Leukemia Targeting T Cells | Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh / Erica Braverman, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Pennsylvania |
GSTM4, a novel target for treating Ewing sarcoma. | Huntsman Cancer Institute / Wen Luo | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | Utah |
Untangling the Matrix in Medulloblastoma | St. Christopher's Hospital for Children / Duncan Stearns, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Ohio |
Genetic Dissection of Trisomy 21-TMD Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells | Boston Children’s Hospital / Glenn MacLean | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Massachusetts |
Identification of Resistance Mechanisms and Novel Therapeutic Strategies in Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Resistant FLT3/ITD Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Katherine Tarlock, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Washington |
Optimizing EGFR targeted therapy in pediatric malignant glioma. | University of California San Francisco / Theodore Nicolaides | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | California |
Novel Role of Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Immunologic Rejection of Malignant Pediatric Brain Tumors | University of Florida / Catherine Flores, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Florida |
Developing Targeted Immunotherapy Against Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Melinda Biernacki, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Washington |
Targeting polycomb-mediated epigenetic silencing in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Emmanuel Volanakis | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Tennessee |