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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In vivo transdermal generation of CD33 CAR T-cells towards acute myeloid leukemia | University of California, Los Angeles / Ruby Sims, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | California |
| Modifying CAR T cell epigenetic programs to improve therapy against aggressive pediatric brain tumors | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Meghan Ward, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Tennessee |
| Understanding the role of CDK8 in protein synthesis for treating MYC-driven medulloblastoma | University of Colorado Denver / Dong Wang, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Colorado |
| Unraveling GABAergic interneuron-like lineage in H3G34-mutant hemispheric high-grade gliomas: their impact on network formation and invasion | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Gustavo Alencastro Veiga Cruzeiro, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Massachusetts |
| Exploiting a Novel DNA Repair Defect in Ewing Sarcoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Shuhei Asada, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Massachusetts |
| Novel mechanisms and therapeutic targeting of chemoresistant rhabdomyosarcoma | Massachusetts General Hospital / Yueyang Wang, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Massachusetts |
| Investigating the impact of osteosarcoma genetic lesions on bone differentiation | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / James Morrow, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | Massachusetts |
| The influence of the raphe nucleus and serotonin on progression of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma | Stanford University / Richard Drexler, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2024 | California |
| Therapeutic targeting of clonal hematopoiesis in RUNX1 mutant FPDMM | University of Pennsylvania / Robert Bowman, Ph.D. | RARE Grant Program (Research Accelerating RUNX1 Exploration) | 2024 | Pennsylvania |
| A Genomics Driven Pluripotent Stem Cell Model of Infant Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City / Meagan Vacek, DO | Catalyst Grants | 2023 | Missouri |