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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Improving CAR T-Cell Therapy for Pediatric Osteosarcoma by Manipulating Arginine Metabolism | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Shannon Lange, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Tennessee |
Transcriptome Sequencing (RNA-Seq) for Identification of Novel Markers of Disease Outcome and Therapeutic Targets in Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Fabiana Ostronoff, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Washington |
Elucidating Mechanisms Driving Renal Medullary Carcinomas to Deliver a Rational Approach to Cancer Directed Therapy | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Andrew Hong, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Massachusetts |
Using Neurofibromatosis-1 (NF1) to understand Pediatric Brain Tumor Initiation | MD Anderson Cancer Center / Yuan Pan, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | Texas |
Reciprocal interactions between tumor killer dendritic cells and tumor-induced regulatory T lymphocytes | University of Arizona / Nicolas Larmonier, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Arizona |
CDK8 as a New Therapeutic Target in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Susu Zhang, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Massachusetts |
Targeting Valine-Specific Amino Acid Dependency -in T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | New York University School of Medicine / Palaniraja Thandapani, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | New York |
Anti-Angiogenic Effects of BAI Proteins in Neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Naomi Balamuth, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2006 | Pennsylvania |
Mediators of Metastasis in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma. | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio / Koichi Nishijo, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2006 | Texas |
Mechanisms of Oncogenic Transformation by TLX1/HOX11 | University of Michigan / Mark Chiang | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Michigan |