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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessing Clonal Fitness and Mechanisms of Clonal Evolution in FPD-MN | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Wenbin Xiao, MD/PhD | RUNX1 Early Career Investigator Grants | 2020 | New York |
| Modeling familial platelet disorder associated RUNX1 mutations in mice | University of Massachusetts Medical School / Lucio Castilla, PhD | RARE Grant Program (Research Accelerating RUNX1 Exploration) | 2020 | Massachusetts |
| Preclinical Development of a First-in-Class PCNA Inhibitor for Treating Neuroblastoma | City of Hope National Medical Center / Linda Malkas, PhD | Reach Grants | 2019 | California |
| Optimizing TCRαβ+/CD19+-depleted haploidentical HSCT for ALL using donor-derived genome-edited CAR T cells | Stanford University School of Medicine / Alice Bertaina, MD/PhD | Reach Grants | 2019 | California |
| Targeting a Novel Epigenetic Signature in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas | New York University School of Medicine / Danny Reinberg, PhD | Reach Grants | 2019 | New York |
| Generation of CMV-specific CD19 CAR T cells Using Cytokine Capture Followed by Lentiviral Transduction and Expansion | Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / Margaret Lamb, MD | Reach Grants | 2019 | Ohio |
| Multivalent Nanomedicine to Treat High-Risk Pediatric Solid Tumors | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Garrett Brodeur, MD | Reach Grants | 2019 | Pennsylvania |
| 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 |
| Intervention Development and Evaluation to Reduce Disparities in Quality of Life for Latino Families Impacted by Cancer | The Regents of the University of California, Irvine / Michelle Fortier, PhD | Psychosocial Family Impact Grant | 2019 | California |
| Targeting Spinal Ependymoma and Other Gliomas Using Novel Genetically Defined Models | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Charles Eberhart, MD, PhD | Catalyst Grants | 2019 | Maryland |