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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatric Oncology Nurses' Experiences with Prognosis-Related Communication | Marquette University / Amy Newman, RN, MSN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2014 | Wisconsin |
| Small Molecule Inhibitors of ERG for Pediatric Leukemia and Sarcoma | University of Virginia, School of Medicine / John Bushweller, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2015 | Virginia |
| LSD1 Inhibition to Treat T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma | University of Virginia, School of Medicine / Michael Engel, MD/PhD | Reach Grants | 2016 | Virginia |
| Pharmacogenomics and Drug Screening Lead to a Novel Targeted Therapy with Potent and Specific Activity Against Mouse Models of MYCN-amplified Neuroblastoma | Virginia Commonwealth University / Anthony Faber, MD & Yael Mosse, MD (CHOP) | Innovation Grants | 2015 | Virginia |
| Characterizing Resistance Mechanisms to BET-Bromodomain Inhibition in MYC-amplified | Broad Institute / Rameen Beroukhim, MD,PhD | Innovation Grants | 2015 | Massachusetts |
| Investigating phase separated condensates in FPD to MDS/AML progression | Broad Institute / Zuzana Tothova, MD/PhD | RUNX1 Early Career Investigator Grants | 2019 | Massachusetts |
| Building Capacity for the Clinical Trials Office at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - Strengthening Phase I & II Trials Infrastructure | Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - Milwaukee / Michael J. Burke, MD | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2015 | Wisconsin |
| Role of Kindlin-3 In Natural Killer Cell Mediated Tumor Killing | Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - Milwaukee / Nathan Schloemer, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Wisconsin |
| Phase I Study of Lentivirus Engineered Autologous AML Cells Expressing IL-12 in Children and Young Adults with Relapsed AML | Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - Milwaukee / Michael Burke, MD & Jeffrey Medin, MD/PhD | Reach Grants | 2017 | Wisconsin |
| Development of MicroRNA-Nanoparticles to Treat Childhood Acute Leukemia Carrying MLL Rearrangements | University of Cincinnati College of Medicine / Jianjun Chen, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | Ohio |