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 |
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Synthetic Gene Expression Regulatory Switches (SynGERS) for Improved CAR T Cell Function in Pediatric Solid Tumors | Baylor College of Medicine / Leidy Diana Caraballo Galva, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Texas |
Arginine Depletion with DFMO in High-Risk Neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Christina Turn, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Pennsylvania |
Ex Vivo Modeling of Medulloblastoma using Human iPSC-Derived Cerebellar Organoids | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Stephanie Wu, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Tennessee |
Identifying Ewing Sarcoma Developmental Vulnerabilities | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Elena Vasileva, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | California |
CDK8 as a New Therapeutic Target in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Susu Zhang, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Massachusetts |
Radiation and the Tumor Microenvironment in an Immunocompetent Model of Ewing Sarcoma | Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation / Jessica Daley, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Pennsylvania |
A Novel Adjunctive LAT-Activating CART (ALA-CART) Cell Platform for the Treatment of Acute Leukemia | University of Colorado Denver_ Anschutz Medical Campus / Catherine Danis, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Colorado |
Pre-Targeted Radioimmunotherapy for Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumors | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Madelyn Espinosa-Cotton, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | New York |