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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Intersection of Cell Metabolism and Differentiation in Childhood Sarcomas | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center / Sandra Orsulic, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | California |
| In vivo transdermal generation of CD33 CAR T-cells towards acute myeloid leukemia | University of California, Los Angeles / Ruby Sims, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | California |
| Antibody Targeted Natural Killer Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles for the Treatment of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Robert Seeger, MD & Alan Wayne, MD | Innovation Grants | 2015 | California |
| Immunotherapeutic Targeting of Stem Cells in Pediatric Brain Tumors | Harbor - UCLA Medical Center / Joseph Lasky | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | California |
| Defining the Role of a Novel, Developmentally Restricted Hematopoietic Stem Cell in Pediatric Leukemias | University of California at Santa Cruz / Camilla Forsberg, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | California |
| Identifying New Therapeutic Targets in Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Stanford University / Julien Sage, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2018 | California |
| Identifying Drug Resistant Mutations in Ph-like Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | University of California San Francisco / Mignon Loh, M.D. | Innovation Grants | 2014 | California |
| Single Cell Analysis of Leukemia Initiation | Stanford University / Michael Cleary, MD | Innovation Grants | 2015 | California |
| Single Cell Signaling Profiles In High-Risk Pediatric Leukemia | Stanford University / Kara Davis | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | California |
| Characterization of Pre-Leukemia Associated with Familial RUNX1 Mutations | Stanford University / Ravi Majeti, MD/PhD | RARE Grant Program (Research Accelerating RUNX1 Exploration) | 2016 | California |