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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Synthetic Gene Expression Regulatory Switches (SynGERS) for Improved CAR T Cell Function in Pediatric Solid Tumors | Baylor College of Medicine / Leidy Diana Caraballo Galva, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Texas |
Augmenting Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Induced Epitope Spreading for Pediatric Solid Tumors | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Michael Leibowitz, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Pennsylvania |
Characterization of Chromatin Landscapes to Identify Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Diffuse Midline Gliomas. | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Jay Sarthy, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Washington |
Role of Kindlin-3 In Natural Killer Cell Mediated Tumor Killing | Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin - Milwaukee / Nathan Schloemer, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Wisconsin |
Exosomes as Biomarkers to Monitor Disease Progression and Response to Therapy in Ewing sarcoma | Children’s Mercy / Glenson Samuel, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Missouri |
Mechanisms of leukocyte recruitment to the lung during idiopathic pneumonia syndrome following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. | Regents of the University of Michigan / Sung Won Choi, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2006 | Michigan |
Targeting HMGA1 in Pediatric T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Joelle Hillion, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Maryland |
Multifunctional Nanomaterials for the Prevention of Radiotherapy's Side Effects and Childhood Cancers | Massachusetts General Hospital / Charalambos Kaittanis, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Massachusetts |
Validation of microRNAs as valid targets in a pediatric sarcoma | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center / Mark Hatley | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Texas |
Describing the Biological Impacts of Gain-of-function SAMD9 Mutations | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Jason Schwartz, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Tennessee |