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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multifunctional Nanomaterials for the Prevention of Radiotherapy's Side Effects and Childhood Cancers | Massachusetts General Hospital / Charalambos Kaittanis, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Massachusetts |
| Targeting HMGA1 in Pediatric T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Joelle Hillion, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Maryland |
| Identification and Targeting of Microenvironmental Factors Controlling Pediatric Leukemia | New York University School of Medicine / Anastasia Tikhonova, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | New York |
| 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 |
| Pedi-PRESTO: Pediatric Patient-Reported Symptom Tracking in Oncology | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Allison Barz Leahy, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Pennsylvania |
| Molecular Mechanism and Development of Therapeutic Strategies Targeting MYCN-induced Calcium Signaling in Advanced Neuroblastoma | University of Hawaii at Hilo / Ingo Koomoa-Lange, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Hawaii |
| ECM-targeted CAR T-cell therapy for high-grade glioma | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Jessica Wagner, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Tennessee |
| Identification and Validation of Differentiation Therapy for Osteosarcoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Katherine Janeway, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Massachusetts |
| Targeting Eya2 to Inhibit c-Myc driven Medulloblastoma Tumor Progression | University of Colorado Denver / Melanie Vincent, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Colorado |