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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimizing EGFR targeted therapy in pediatric malignant glioma. | University of California San Francisco / Theodore Nicolaides | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | California |
| Targeting polycomb-mediated epigenetic silencing in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Emmanuel Volanakis | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Tennessee |
| Interrogating the Enhancer Landscapes of Ependymoma to Inform Novel Therapies | Baylor College of Medicine / Stephen Mack, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Texas |
| Ca2+ Release Activated Ca2+ (CRAC) Channels in Control of Leukemic Cell Metabolism and Leukemia Stem Cell Maintenance in T-ALL | New York University School of Medicine / Mate Maus, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | New York |
| Chemical Genetics and CRISPRi/a Screen for Novel Therapeutic Targets in a Humanized Model for MYCN Associated High-Risk Pediatric Neuroblastoma | University of California San Francisco / Zhenyi An, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | California |
| Exploiting a Novel DNA Repair Defect in Ewing Sarcoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Shuhei Asada, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Massachusetts |
| The Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Function by Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor | Washington University / Laura Schuettpelz, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Missouri |
| Resistance to anti-angiogenic therapy in pediatric solid tumors. | Feinstein Institute for Medical Research - North Shore / Samuel Soffer, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2007 | New York |
| Cooperating Signaling Networks Regulate Cell Survival of Pediatric Ph-like ALL | University of Pennsylvania / Christian Hurtz, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Pennsylvania |
| Development and Characterization of Novel Models of Human Osteosarcoma Development and Metastasis | University of Minnesota / Beau Webber, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | Minnesota |