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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Parallel sequencing to identify the causes of childhood cancer | Baylor College of Medicine / Sharon Plon | Innovation Grants | 2008 | Texas |
Adoptive immunotherapy using clinical-grade T cells. | University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center / Laurence Cooper, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2007 | Texas |
Enhancing the Viability, Function, and Safety, of Genetically-Enhanced NK Cells Within the Solid Tumor Microenvironment With IL-15 and a Suicide Gene | Baylor College of Medicine / Robin Parihar, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Texas |
Engager T cells for the Adoptive Immunotherapy of Pediatric Malignancies | Baylor College of Medicine / Stephen Gottschalk, MD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | Texas |
Strategies for Epigenetically Reprogramming Neuroblastoma Cancer Stem Cells | Baylor College of Medicine / Jason Shohet, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2011 | Texas |
Understanding factors contributing to retention in care among children with cancer in sub-Saharan Africa | Baylor College of Medicine / Mark Zobeck, MD, PhD | Psychosocial Launch Grant | 2019 | Texas |
Role of H3.3-G34R mutation in pediatric high-grade glioma | University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center / Jian Hu, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | Texas |
Genetically Engineered T Cells as Therapy for Pediatric Glioma | Baylor College of Medicine / Giedre Krenciute, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Texas |
Screening for New Rhabdomyosaroma Pathogenesis Genes in a Drosophila Model | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center / Kathleen Galindo | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Texas |
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 |