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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An Intersection of Cell Metabolism and Differentiation in Childhood Sarcomas | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center / Sandra Orsulic, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | California |
Targeting KDM6B in Pediatric Leukemia | Washington University / Grant A. Challen, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2018 | Missouri |
Novel Resilience Genes Required for Cerebellum Development and Medulloblastoma Survival | University of California San Francisco / Stephen Fancy, PhD, DVM | Innovation Grants | 2023 | California |
Pharmacogenomics and Drug Screening Lead to a Novel Targeted Therapy with Potent and Specific Activity Against Mouse Models of MYCN-amplified Neuroblastoma | Virginia Commonwealth University / Anthony Faber, MD & Yael Mosse, MD (CHOP) | Innovation Grants | 2015 | Virginia |
In-vivo characterization of MYCN-driven immunosuppression | University of California San Francisco / William Weiss, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | California |
Blockade of Mycn in neuroblastoma | University of California San Francisco / William Weiss | Innovation Grants | 2008 | California |
Clinical Development of RNA Nanoparticle Vaccines Targeting Recurrent Pediatric Brain Cancers | Duke University / Duane Mitchell, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2011 | North Carolina |
Circulating Exosomes as Biomarkers of Medulloblastoma Progression, Metastasis, and Recurrence | Weill Cornell Medical College / David Lyden, MD/PhD & Parveen Raju, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | New York |
Nuclear Receptor Tyrosine Kinases Mediating Chromatin Remodeling & Checkpoint Adaption | Children’s Cancer Therapy Development Institute / Charles Keller, MD | Innovation Grants | 2018 | Oregon |
Developing Novel Transcription Factor PROTACs to Disrupt the HMGA1 Epigenome in Relapsed Leukemia | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Linda Resar, MD and Jian Jin, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2022 | Maryland |