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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Circulating Tumor Biomarkers: New Paradigms for Management of Neuroblastoma | University of Chicago / Mark Applebaum, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2021 | Illinois |
Predicting and Overcoming Resistance to Immunotherapy in Pediatric High-Grade Glioma | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago / Oren Becher, MD & Robert Wechsler-Reya, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Illinois |
Increasing the Availability and Quality of Early Phase Clinical Trials Through the Addition of a Specialized Pediatric Advanced Nurse Practitioner | Children’s Memorial Hospital / Stewart Goldman | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2008 | Illinois |
An Oncolytic Herpes Simplex Virus Restricted in Entry to Neuroblastoma Cells | Northwestern University Medical School / Richard Longnecker, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | Illinois |
Theranostics in Children and Young Adults | University of Iowa / Sue O'Dorisio, MD, PhD | Springboard Grants | 2013 | Iowa |
Molecular Mechanism and Development of Therapeutic Strategies Targeting MYCN-induced Calcium Signaling in Advanced Neuroblastoma | University of Hawaii at Hilo / Ingo Koomoa-Lange, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Hawaii |
DFMO-based combination therapy for the treatment of advanced stage neuroblastoma. | Cancer Research Center of Hawaii / Dana-Lynn Koomoa | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | Hawaii |
CHOA Experimental Therapy Pediatric Oncology Research. | Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta / Howard Katzenstein, MD | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2006 | Georgia |
Mechanisms of PPM1D in Medulloblastoma Tumorigenesis and Invasion | Emory University / Robert Craig Castellino, MD | Bridge Grants | 2012 | Georgia |
Feasibility Study of Dual Inhibition of MDM2 and Tubulin in Treatment of AML | Emory University / Muxiang Zhou, MD | Reach Grants | 2023 | Georgia |