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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Targeting Secondary Mutations in Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia | University of California San Francisco / Elliot Stieglitz, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | California |
Identification of proteins interacting with ALK in neuroblastoma. | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Rani George | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | Massachusetts |
Adoptive Cell Therapy Targeting Antigen Escape Variants in Childhood High Grade Glioma | Baylor College of Medicine / Meenakshi Hegde | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Texas |
Identification of Resistance Mechanisms and Novel Therapeutic Strategies in Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Resistant FLT3/ITD Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Katherine Tarlock, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Washington |
LRP1 and Angiogenesis in Pediatric Malignant Glioma | Mayo Clinic Jacksonville / Takahisa Kanekiyo, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Florida |
Improving CAR T-Cell Therapy for Pediatric Osteosarcoma by Manipulating Arginine Metabolism | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Shannon Lange, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Tennessee |
Modeling the Initiation and Progression of Down Syndrome Associated Leukemia Using CRISPR/Cas9 at Single Cell Resolution | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai / Elvin Wagenblast, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2020 | New York |
MicroRNAs 100 and 125b in Ewing sarcoma | University of Colorado Denver / Paul Jedlicka | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Colorado |
Elucidating Mechanisms Driving Renal Medullary Carcinomas to Deliver a Rational Approach to Cancer Directed Therapy | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Andrew Hong, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Massachusetts |
DFMO-based combination therapy for the treatment of advanced stage neuroblastoma. | Cancer Research Center of Hawaii / Dana-Lynn Koomoa | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | Hawaii |