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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Pathological Condensates and Transcription Dysregulation in Rhabdomyosarcoma at Single-Molecule Resolution | California Institute of Technology / Shasha Chong, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2024 | California |
Development of CAR-T therapy for Ewing sarcoma using zebrafish in vivo models | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / James Amatruda, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2024 | California |
Development of CAR-T therapy for Ewing sarcoma using zebrafish in vivo models | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / James Amatruda, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2024 | California |
Direct targeting of oncoprotein assembly using mimetic peptide interference | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Alex Kentsis, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2024 | New York |
Utilizing chromatin directed inhibitors to regulate gene expression in Ewing sarcoma for therapeutic benefit | University of North Carolina / Justin Sperlazza, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | North Carolina |
MYCN-induced molecular clock disruption and metabolic rewiring drive neuroblastoma | Baylor College of Medicine / Lingzhi Li, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Texas |
Improving homing and activity of CAR T cells in pediatric sarcomas | University of Colorado Denver / Joselyn Cruz Cruz, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Colorado |
Vaccine-boosted CAR T cell therapy for high risk neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Timothy Spear, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Pennsylvania |
Capitalizing on functional genomics with targeted protein degradation in neuroblastoma | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Ian Delahunty, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Tennessee |
Defining how unique properties of the pediatric immune system contribute to poor efficacy of checkpoint blockade in children | Stanford University / Adrienne Long, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | California |