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 1,000 funded projects below.
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ALSF Funded Research Projects
Project Title | Institution / Principal Investigator(s) | Grant Type |
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State |
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Understanding and inhibiting mechanisms of metastatic spread in osteosarcoma | University of California San Francisco / Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD | Crazy 8 Awards | 2022 | California |
Targeting the biological underpinnings of pulmonary metastasis in osteosarcoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Rani George, MD/PhD | Crazy 8 Awards | 2022 | Massachusetts |
Using Chemical Genetics to Define the Precise Role of RUNX1 in Transcription and Beyond | Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Kristy Stengel | RUNX1 Early Career Investigator Grants | 2022 | New York |
Delivering on the Promise of Germline Genetic Testing for RUNX1 Variants | University of Washington, Seattle / Abbye McEwen | RUNX1 Early Career Investigator Grants | 2022 | Washington |
Targeting CCAAT/enhancer binding proteins CEBPB and CEBPD in neuroblastoma | Columbia University / Darrell Yamashiro, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | New York |
In-vivo characterization of MYCN-driven immunosuppression | University of California San Francisco / William Weiss, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | California |
GD2-directed CAR T cell therapy for H3K27M+ spinal cord diffuse midline glioma | Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University / Michelle Monje | Catalyst Grants | 2021 | California |
Choline Kinase and Alkylating Agent Resistance in Refractory Childhood Leukemias | Boston Children's Hospital / Alejandro Gutierrez, MD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | Massachusetts |
Loss of ER-mitochondria contacts drives therapy resistance in neuroblastoma | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Michael Hogarty, MD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | Pennsylvania |
Targeting tumor associated macrophages in metastatic Ewing sarcoma (ES) | New York Medical College / Mitchell Cairo, MD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | New York |