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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Development of MicroRNA-Nanoparticles to Treat Childhood Acute Leukemia Carrying MLL Rearrangements | University of Cincinnati College of Medicine / Jianjun Chen, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | Ohio |
Is SIRT5 a Therapy Target in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia? | University of Utah / Michael Deininger, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2018 | Utah |
Ectopic Neuroligin Signaling in Pediatric Glioblastoma | University of Utah / Alex Shcheglovitov, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Utah |
Nuclear Receptor Tyrosine Kinases Mediating Chromatin Remodeling & Checkpoint Adaption | Children’s Cancer Therapy Development Institute / Charles Keller, MD | Innovation Grants | 2018 | Oregon |
Inducing Neuroblastoma Differentiation In Vivo | University of Alabama at Birmingham / Ankur Saxena, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Alabama |
Developing Novel Transcription Factor PROTACs to Disrupt the HMGA1 Epigenome in Relapsed Leukemia | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai / Linda Resar, MD and Jian Jin, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2022 | New York |
A leukemia organoid platform for dissection and targeting of tumor-niche interactions | Columbia Institute for Cancer Genetics / Adolfo Ferrando, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | New York |
Role of Protocadherin-9 in Enabling Leukemia Cell Colonization of the CNS | National Jewish Health / Jordan Jacobelli, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Colorado |
Characterization of Novel OTX2-semaphorin Gene Signaling Pathways Regulating the ‘Grow and Go’ Arms of Highly Aggressive Medulloblastomas | University of Manitoba / Tamra Werbowetski-Ogilvie, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Manitoba |
Molecular Landscape for Targeted Therapy in Retinoblastoma | University of Miami / James Harbour, MD | Innovation Grants | 2018 | Florida |