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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Targeting the Epigenome of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Sama Ahsan, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Maryland |
Targeting the Rac GTPase Pathway to Sabotage RAS Signaling in RAS-mutated Leukemia | Boston Children’s Hospital / Sara Canovas Nunes, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | Massachusetts |
Cooperating Signaling Networks Regulate Cell Survival of Pediatric Ph-like ALL | University of Pennsylvania / Christian Hurtz, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Pennsylvania |
Investigation of Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms of Second Malignant Neoplasms in a Mouse Model | University of California San Francisco / Jean Nakamura | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | California |
Ex Vivo Modeling of Medulloblastoma using Human iPSC-Derived Cerebellar Organoids | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Stephanie Wu, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Tennessee |
Dissecting the Hierarchy of Tumor Cell Differentiation Using Dual Recombinase Technology in a Novel Mouse Model of Rhabdomyosarcoma | Duke University Medical Center / David Van Mater, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | North Carolina |
Preclinical Efficacy of Daratumumab in T Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | New York University School of Medicine / Karen Bride, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | New York |
Investigating the Role of the RNA Binding Protein LIN28 in Neuroblastoma | Boston Children’s Hospital / John Powers | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Massachusetts |
STING Pathway Activation: The Missing Link between Genomic Instability and Antitumor Immunity in Osteosarcoma | University of California San Francisco / Elizabeth Young, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | California |
Modeling H3 G34R and BCOR-Altered Glioma Pathogenesis Using Neural Stem Cells | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Satoshi Nakata, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Maryland |