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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Enhancing Effectiveness of Immune Checkpoint Therapy in Neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Shahab Asgharzadeh, MD | Innovation Grants | 2015 | California |
Saturating CRISPR gene body scans in MLL-rearranged leukemia | Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope / Chun-Wei Chen, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | California |
Targeting the ALT Pathway to Induce Synthetic Lethality and Treat Poor Outcome Pediatric Tumors | University of California, Davis / Wolf-Dietrich Heyer, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2018 | California |
Phase II Trial of Poly-ICLC in Pediatric Low Grade Gliomas | University of California, San Diego / Donald Durden, MD, PhD | Springboard Grants | 2013 | California |
Child's Exposure to Radiation from Medical Imaging and the Risk of Childhood Leukemia: Pooled Analyses from the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC) | University of California Berkeley / Catherine Metayer, MD/PhD & Steve Selvin, PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2016 | California |
Overcoming Obstacles to Drug Development in Pediatric Cancer | Stanford University School of Medicine / Crystal L. Mackall, MD | Crazy 8 Pilots | 2019 | California |
Targeting Secondary Mutations in Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia | University of California San Francisco / Elliot Stieglitz, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | California |
Genomic Alterations in Medulloblastoma | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Shahab Asgharzadeh, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | California |
131 I-MIBG Imaging and Therapy for Neuroblastoma: Infrastructure Proposal | University of California San Francisco / Katherine Matthay, MD | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2010 | California |
Investigation of Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms of Second Malignant Neoplasms in a Mouse Model | University of California San Francisco / Jean Nakamura | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | California |