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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Targeted Inhibition of Lin28/let-7 Binding to Treat Pediatric Malignancy | Boston Children’s Hospital / George Q. Daley, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Massachusetts |
Selective Epigenetic Regulation of Notch1 in T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | University of Michigan / Mark Yat-Fung Chiang, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Michigan |
Therapeutic Targeting of the Disrupted Metabolic State in DIPG | University of Michigan / Costas Lyssiotis, PhD & Sriram Venneti, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Michigan |
HOX Genes As Developmental Regulators Of Sarcomagenesis | University of Michigan / Elizabeth Lawlor, MD/PhD & Deneen Wellik, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Michigan |
Targeting Glutamine Addiction in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas (DIPGs) | University of Michigan / Sriram Venneti, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2018 | Michigan |
Mechanisms of LGR5 Regulation and Function in Ewing sarcoma Metastasis | University of Michigan / Elizabeth Lawlor, M.D., Ph.D. | Innovation Grants | 2014 | Michigan |
Blocking the Evil Messenger in MYCN-driven High-risk Neuroblastoma | Boston University / Hui Feng, Md, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2022 | Massachusetts |
Small Molecule Inhibitors of ERG for Pediatric Leukemia and Sarcoma | University of Virginia, School of Medicine / John Bushweller, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2015 | Virginia |
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 |
Characterizing Resistance Mechanisms to BET-Bromodomain Inhibition in MYC-amplified | Broad Institute / Rameen Beroukhim, MD,PhD | Innovation Grants | 2015 | Massachusetts |