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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Telomeres and Telomerase in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Baylor College of Medicine / Maria Gramatges | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Texas |
| Development of Novel Biomarkers for Immunotherapy in Neuroblastoma | Columbia Institute for Cancer Genetics / Shuobo Boboila, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | New York |
| ECM-targeted CAR T-cell therapy for high-grade glioma | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Jessica Wagner, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Tennessee |
| Validation of microRNAs as valid targets in a pediatric sarcoma | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center / Mark Hatley | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Texas |
| Modifying CAR T cell epigenetic programs to improve therapy against aggressive pediatric brain tumors | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Meghan Ward, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Tennessee |
| The role of PDE4B in Racial Disparities in Outcome of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Jun Yang | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Tennessee |
| The Role of PARP3 in the Formation of Chromosomal Translocations | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Tovah Day, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Massachusetts |
| Donor T-Cell DNA Methylation in GVHD and the Graft-vs-Tumor Effect after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Yiouli Panayiota Ktena, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | Maryland |
| Targeting Eya2 to Inhibit c-Myc driven Medulloblastoma Tumor Progression | University of Colorado Denver / Melanie Vincent, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Colorado |