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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Targeting polycomb-mediated epigenetic silencing in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Emmanuel Volanakis | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Tennessee |
| Inflammatory Signaling in the Tumor Microenvironment | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Peter J. Murray, PhD | Springboard Grants | 2013 | Tennessee |
| Neurocognitive Outcomes in Survivors of Childhood Leukemia with Down Syndrome | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Lisa Jacola, PhD | Psychosocial Grants | 2016 | Tennessee |
| Single-cell Profiling of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Charles Mullighan, MD and Jeffrey Klco, MD/PhD | Single-cell Pediatric Cancer Atlas Grant | 2019 | Tennessee |
| MYC as a Driver and Anti-Cancer Target in Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / William Tansey, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Tennessee |
| Profiling the Transcriptional Heterogeneity of Diverse Pediatric Solid Tumors | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Michael Dyer, PhD and Xiang Chen, PhD | Single-cell Pediatric Cancer Atlas Grant | 2019 | Tennessee |
| Isoform-specific TNC-redirected T cell Therapy for DIPG | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Stephen Gottschalk, MD and Giedre Krenciute, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2022 | Tennessee |
| Inside-Out Immunotherapy: Combating Neuroblastoma via Nanoparticle-Directed Reprogramming of the Tumor Microenvironment | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / John Wilson, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2015 | Tennessee |
| Small Molecule Degraders for Targeting Transcription Factor Drivers of Childhood Cancers | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Charles G. Mullighan, MBBS(Hons), MSc, MD, FRACP, FRCPA | Crazy 8 Awards | 2020 | Tennessee |
| Mutagenesis and disease progression in RUNX1 mutant blood stem cells is caused by inflammation-induced hyperactive signaling and supraphysiological mitochondrial ROS | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Dirk Loeffler, PhD | RUNX1 Early Career Investigator Grants | 2023 | Tennessee |