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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enhancing the Viability, Function, and Safety, of Genetically-Enhanced NK Cells Within the Solid Tumor Microenvironment With IL-15 and a Suicide Gene | Baylor College of Medicine / Robin Parihar, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Texas |
| RNA Methylation in Metabolically Disrupted Pediatric Cancers | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio / Patricia Dahia, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2018 | Texas |
| The Meaning of Adolescents' Eating Experiences during Bone Marrow Transplant Recovery. | Baylor College of Medicine / Cheryl Rodgers, PhD, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | Texas |
| Development of New Approaches to Target MAP Kinase Pathway in RAS-driven Rhabdomyosarcoma | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio / Angelina Vaseva, PhD | R Accelerated Award Grants | 2023 | Texas |
| Understanding factors contributing to retention in care among children with cancer in sub-Saharan Africa | Baylor College of Medicine / Mark Zobeck, MD, PhD | Psychosocial Launch Grant | 2019 | Texas |
| Function and Dependency of NFkB Activity in ZFTA-RELA Fusion Ependymoma | Baylor College of Medicine / Austin Stuckert, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Texas |
| DICER1-Driven Cancers: Models, Mechanisms and Therapies | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas / James Amatruda, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Texas |
| Dissecting and Targeting the Wnt Signaling Pathway in Metastatic Osteosarcoma | Baylor College of Medicine / Jason T. Yustein, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Texas |
| Role of H3.3-G34R mutation in pediatric high-grade glioma | University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center / Jian Hu, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | Texas |
| Validation of microRNAs as valid targets in a pediatric sarcoma | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center / Mark Hatley | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Texas |