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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development of CAR-T therapy for Ewing sarcoma using zebrafish in vivo models | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / James Amatruda, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2024 | California |
| Improving homing and activity of CAR T cells in pediatric sarcomas | University of Colorado Denver / Joselyn Cruz Cruz, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Colorado |
| Understanding the role of CDK8 in protein synthesis for treating MYC-driven medulloblastoma | University of Colorado Denver / Dong Wang, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Colorado |
| Targeting of a putative unresolved wound healing process in childhood ependymoma | University of Colorado Denver / Nicholas Foreman, MD | Innovation Grants | 2024 | Colorado |
| The role of reactive gliosis in response to Immunotherapy in Diffuse Midline Glioma | University of Florida / Christina von Roemeling, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2024 | Florida |
| Targeting the immunosuppressive effects of Myc-hyperactivation in high-risk osteosarcoma | Emory University / Jason Yustein, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2024 | Georgia |
| Targeting Novel Inflammatory Signaling Pathways in Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia | Indiana University / Santhosh Kumar Pasupuleti, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2024 | Indiana |
| Unraveling the Mechanisms of Inherited Predisposition to Childhood Leukemia | Boston Children’s Hospital / Vijay Sankaran, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2024 | Massachusetts |
| Novel mechanisms and therapeutic targeting of chemoresistant rhabdomyosarcoma | Massachusetts General Hospital / Yueyang Wang, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Massachusetts |
| Illuminating Choroid Plexus Carcinoma Vascularization in Real Time | Boston Children’s Hospital / Maria Lehtinen, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2024 | Massachusetts |