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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
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
A Comparison of Parent and Clinician Reported Toxicities in Standard Radiation Versus Proton Beam Radiation in Children with Posterior Fossa Tumors.	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Rosanna Pollack, RN & Cynthia Schmus, RN	Nurse Researcher Grants	2007	Pennsylvania
Evaluation of the Prevalence of Diaper Dermatitis in Pediatric Leukemia.	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Beth Storey	Nurse Researcher Grants	2008	Pennsylvania
Relationships Between Symptoms and the Hospital Care Environment in Children and Adolescents with Cancer	Huntsman Cancer Institute / Lauri Linder	Nurse Researcher Grants	2010	Utah
Effects of CNS Treatment on the Hippocampus	University of Arizona / Ki Moore	Nurse Researcher Grants	2009	Arizona
Evaluation of the Literacy Demand and Racial/Ethnic Influences for Self-Reported Symptomatic Adverse Events during Childhood Cancer Therapy	Palmetto Health / Janice Withycombe, PhD	Nurse Researcher Grants	2013	South Carolina
PainSquad+: A Smartphone App to Support Real-Time Pain Management for Adolescents with Cancer	Hospital for Sick Children / Jennifer Stinson, RN, PhD	Nurse Researcher Grants	2013	Ontario
Self-Management of Cancer-Related Fatigue by Adolescents: Pilot Study of an Evidence Based Educational Resource.	Seattle Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center / Catherine Fiona Macpherson	Nurse Researcher Grants	2008	Washington
Mothers and Fathers Perspectives: Family Management of Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain Tumors	University of Pennsylvania / Janet Deatrick	Nurse Researcher Grants	2010	Pennsylvania
Prospective Symptom Assessment in Children with Advanced Cancer	University of Wisconsin - Madison / Kathleen Montgomery, PhD & Jennifer Madden, RN/MSN	Nurse Researcher Grants	2015	Wisconsin

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