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 Kinase Inhibitor Induced DNA-Damage Response in Ph-Like ALL | Temple University / Christian Hurtz, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2022 | Pennsylvania |
Targeting MYCN | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Yael Mossé, MD & Julie Park, MD | Crazy 8 Pilots | 2019 | Pennsylvania |
Tumor cell hybridoma vaccine for recurrent neuroblastoma and Ewing sarcoma | The Pennsylvania State University / Ken Lucas, MD | Innovation Grants | 2006 | Pennsylvania |
Factors Influencing the Decision to Provide General Anesthesia or Moderate Sedation for Treatment Related Procedures in Children with Cancer | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Elizabeth Ely, PhD, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | Pennsylvania |
The role of overexpressed microRNA’s in the pediatric cancer rhabdomyosarcoma | University of Pennsylvania / Frederic Barr, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2007 | Pennsylvania |
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Center of Excellence in Childhood Cancer Drug Development and Clinical Pharmacology at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Frank Balis, MD - Scholar: Emily Blauel, MD | Center of Excellence Grants | 2013 | Pennsylvania |
Therapeutic targeting of clonal hematopoiesis in RUNX1 mutant FPDMM | University of Pennsylvania / Robert Bowman, Ph.D. | RARE Grant Program (Research Accelerating RUNX1 Exploration) | 2024 | Pennsylvania |
Preclinical Development of Targeted Therapy for Neuroblastoma with ALK and CDK4/6 Dual Pathway Inhibition | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Yael Mossé, MD | Reach Grants | 2013 | Pennsylvania |
Trib2 in the Pathogenesis of T-ALL | University of Pennsylvania / Warren Pear, M.D., Ph.D., | Innovation Grants | 2014 | Pennsylvania |
DICER1, MicroRNAs and Pediatric Cancer: An Emerging Story | Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre / William Foulkes, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | Quebec |