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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Deciphering the Mechanisms of Medulloblastoma Treatment Resistance using Integrative Genomics | Hospital for Sick Children / Vijay Ramaswamy, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Ontario |
CDK8 as a New Therapeutic Target in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Susu Zhang, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Massachusetts |
Reciprocal interactions between tumor killer dendritic cells and tumor-induced regulatory T lymphocytes | University of Arizona / Nicolas Larmonier, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Arizona |
Targeting the Checkpoint Receptor TIGIT via CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing to Enhance NK Cell Anti-Tumor Activity | Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / Amanda Campbell, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Ohio |
Targeted Hyperactivation of PI3K/AKT in B-cell malignancies | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Vishal Khairnar, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Massachusetts |
Investigation of Oncogenic Long Non-coding RNAs in Ewing sarcoma | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University School of Medicine / Siu Ping Ngok, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | California |
Identification of Mechanisms of Resistance to Trametinib Monotherapy in PAX-fusion Negative Rhabdomyosarcoma | National Cancer Institute / Marielle Yohe, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Maryland |
Radiation and the Tumor Microenvironment in an Immunocompetent Model of Ewing Sarcoma | Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation / Jessica Daley, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Pennsylvania |
Development of Immunostimulatory DNA as a Novel Therapy in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Alix Seif, MD, MPH | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Pennsylvania |
A Developmental Model to Characterize the Epigenetic Origins of the Retinoblastoma Tumor Initiating Cell | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Jeffrey Huo, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Maryland |