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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Targeting the Mechanism of Differentiation Arrest in a Novel Model of Acute Leukemia | Massachusetts General Hospital / David Sykes | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Massachusetts |
| Development of Targeted Therapies in High Risk Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Sarah Tasian | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Pennsylvania |
| Small-molecule screening for novel pediatric glioma radiosensitizers. | Yale School of Medicine / Ranjit Bindra | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Connecticut |
| Targeting HMGA1 in Childhood ALL | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Amy M. Belton, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Maryland |
| Development of Novel Biomarkers for Immunotherapy in Neuroblastoma | Columbia Institute for Cancer Genetics / Shuobo Boboila, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | New York |
| The Role of Mxi1 in the Modulation N-Myc Function in Neuroblastoma | Duke University / Michael Armstrong | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | North Carolina |
| Using zebrafish to model the molecular origins of pediatric myeloid malignancies and acute myeloid leukemia | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Evisa Gjini | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Massachusetts |
| Mechanisms of Oncogenic Transformation by TLX1/HOX11 | University of Michigan / Mark Chiang | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Michigan |
| Pediatric Oncology Nurses' Experiences with Prognosis-Related Communication | Marquette University / Amy Newman, RN, MSN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2014 | Wisconsin |
| Neuronal Damage, Neurocognitive Losses and Quality of Life Following High-Dose Chemotherapy in Children with Brain Tumors | Children's Hospital Los Angeles / Mary Nelson | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2009 | California |