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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V alpha-invariant NKT cells as a novel platform for cancer immunotherapy | Baylor College of Medicine / Leonid Metelitsa, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2012 | Texas |
Using Splice Switching Oligonucleotides (SSOs) to target MDM2 for rhabdomyosarcoma therapy | Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / Dawn Chandler, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Ohio |
Unraveling metabolic dependencies in childhood supratentorial ependymomas. | Regents of the University of Michigan / Sriram Venneti, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | Michigan |
Understanding the Role of a Novel Hereditary Cancer Gene | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio / Patricia Dahia | Innovation Grants | 2010 | Texas |
Tyrosine Kinase Mutation Discovery in Neuroblastoma. | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Matthew Meyerson, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2006 | Massachusetts |
Two-pronged Cell Therapy: Engineering T Cells to Redirect Bystander T- and NK-Cells to Pediatric Cancer | Baylor College of Medicine / Stephen Gottschalk, M.D. | Innovation Grants | 2014 | Texas |
Tumor cell hybridoma vaccine for recurrent neuroblastoma and Ewing sarcoma | The Pennsylvania State University / Ken Lucas, MD | Innovation Grants | 2006 | Pennsylvania |
TrkB Signaling in the Genesis of Murine Neuroblastoma | University of Vermont / Rae Nishi, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2007 | Vermont |
Trib2 in the Pathogenesis of T-ALL | University of Pennsylvania / Warren Pear, M.D., Ph.D., | Innovation Grants | 2014 | Pennsylvania |
Treating Brain Tumor by Changing Cell Division Pattern | Yale School of Medicine / Weimin Zhong | Innovation Grants | 2010 | Connecticut |