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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Immune Stimulatory Antigen Loaded Particles (ISAPS) for the Treatment of Solid Childhood Tumors | Children’s National Medical Center / Suzanne Miles | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | District of Columbia |
Neurocognitive Assessments within COG: An Intensive, Integrated Model for Successfully Evaluating Children with High-Risk ALL | Children’s Research Institute / Kristina Hardy, PhD | Psychosocial Grants | 2014 | District of Columbia |
Targeted regulation of acetylation as novel therapy for Ewing sarcoma. | Georgetown University / Jeffrey Toretsky | Innovation Grants | 2009 | District of Columbia |
Preliminary Content Validation Steps for the Pediatric Oncology Patient Self-Report CTCAE | Children’s National Medical Center / Pamela Hinds | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2011 | District of Columbia |
Child and Adolescent Preferences for Involvement in their Cancer Treatment Decisions | Children’s Research Institute / Katherine Kelly, Ph.D. | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2012 | District of Columbia |
Elucidating the Initiation Mechanism of the Fanconi Anemia Pathway of DNA Damage Repair | Yale School of Medicine / Yong Xiong | Innovation Grants | 2010 | Connecticut |
Identifying Therapeutic Targets for MiT Associated Pediatric Cancers | Yale School of Medicine / Sean Landrette | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Connecticut |
Elucidating the Role of Human FAN1 Nuclease in DNA Crosslink Repair | Yale School of Medicine / Timsi Rao, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Connecticut |
Novel Genomic Diagnostics for Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors | Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Foundation, Inc. / Ching Lau, MD/PhD | Reach Grants | 2021 | Connecticut |
Development of Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Chemo/Radio-Sensitizers for Intrathecal Delivery | Yale School of Medicine / Ranjit S. Bindra, MD/PhD & Mark Saltzman, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Connecticut |