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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APOBEC3 in Pediatric Leukemia: a Biomarker for Sensitivity to PARP Inhibition? | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Abby Green, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Pennsylvania |
The Role of Metabolism in MLL-AF9 Leukemia Initiation | Massachusetts General Hospital / Rushdia Yusuf | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Massachusetts |
Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Engraftment by the Endothelial Cell Niche | Boston Children’s Hospital / Bradley Blaser, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Massachusetts |
Investigating the Role of Circadian Rhythm in the Progression of Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Boston Children’s Hospital / Samantha Morris, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Massachusetts |
Engineering A Graft Versus Leukemia Effect into Cord Blood Transplant for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Rebecca Gardner | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Washington |
Bcl2-Family Inhibitors in Neuroblastoma: Mechanism of Action, Therapy Resistance, and Development of Biomarkers | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Claudia Zapata, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Pennsylvania |
Optimizing Engager T-cells for CD19+ Malignancies | Baylor College of Medicine / Mireya Paulina Velasquez, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Texas |
Identifying Ewing Sarcoma Developmental Vulnerabilities | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Elena Vasileva, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | California |
The Role of PASG in Mediating Epigenetic Change and Outcome in AML. | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Jason Farrar, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2007 | Maryland |
Therapeutic Targeting of Childhood Leukemia by Pharmacological Inhibition of Proteolytic Cleavage of MLL1 | Northwestern University (Illinois) / Zibo Zhao, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Illinois |