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 1,000 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 PLK1 as a Common Mechanism in Ph-like ALL | University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center / Joya Chandra, PhD | Reach Grants | 2016 | Texas |
Targeting RNA Helicase DDX3 to Treat Recurrent High Grade Sarcoma | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / David Loeb, MD, PhD | Reach Grants | 2013 | Maryland |
DNA Methylation Inhibitor Therapy for Testicular Germ Cell Tumors | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign / Michael Spinella, Ph.D. | Reach Grants | 2014 | Illinois |
Preclinical Development of Targeted Therapy for Neuroblastoma with ALK and CDK4/6 Dual Pathway Inhibition | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Yael Mossé, MD | Reach Grants | 2013 | Pennsylvania |
Identifying Novel Therapeutic Combinations with 131I-MIBG to Treat Relapsed and Refractory Neuroblastoma | The Regents of the University of California San Francisco / William Clay Gustafson, M.D., Ph.D. | Reach Grants | 2014 | California |
Novel Therapy for Pediatric Leukemia Patients with NUP98 Translocations | The Regents of the University of Michigan / Jolanta Grembecka, PhD | Reach Grants | 2022 | Michigan |
Molecular Annotation for Treatment of Childhood Cancers Trial: Neuroblastoma (MATCH-NB) | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Yael Mosse, M.D. | Bio-Therapeutic Impact Award | 2015 | Pennsylvania |
Phase I Trial of Indoximod in Combination with Temozolomide-based Therapy for Children with Progressive Primary Brain Tumors | Georgia Health Sciences University Research Institute, Inc. / Theodore Johnson, M.D., Ph.D. | Bio-Therapeutic Impact Award | 2014 | Georgia |
Natural Killer T cells with an IL-15-armored GD2-specific CAR for Children with Neuroblastoma | Baylor College of Medicine / Andras Heczey, MD | Bio-Therapeutic Impact Award | 2017 | Texas |
HA-1 TCR T-cell Immunotherapy for Acute Leukemia | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Marie Bleakley, M.D., Ph.D. | Bio-Therapeutic Impact Award | 2014 | Washington |