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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modeling Pediatric Spinal Gliomas Using Murine Spinal Neural Stem Cells | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Charles Eberhart, MD/PhD & Eric Raabe MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Maryland |
| DICER1-Driven Cancers: Models, Mechanisms and Therapies | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas / James Amatruda, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Texas |
| Targeting Microenvironmental Support of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | University of Rochester / Craig Mullen, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | New York |
| Development of an anti-KIR3DL1 Antibody to Promote Innate Immunity Against Neuroblastoma | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Katherine Hsu, MD/PhD & Nai-Kong Cheung, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | New York |
| Enhancing Immunotherapy of Neuroblastoma | The Regents of the University of California, San Diego / Alice Yu, MD/PhD & Mitchell Diccianni, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | California |
| MYC as a Driver and Anti-Cancer Target in Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / William Tansey, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Tennessee |
| HOX Genes As Developmental Regulators Of Sarcomagenesis | University of Michigan / Elizabeth Lawlor, MD/PhD & Deneen Wellik, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Michigan |
| Targeted Combination Therapy to Sensitize High-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia to Methotrexate via Restoration of Ikaros Tumor Suppression | The Pennsylvania State University / Sinisa Dovat, MD/PhD & Chunhua Song, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Pennsylvania |
| Targeting the Function of Ezrin in Rhabdomyosarcoma | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation / Neetu Gupta, PhD & Peter Anderson, MD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Ohio |
| CD47-blocking Oncolytic Vaccinia Viruses as Biotherapeutics for Pediatric Solid Tumors | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Stephen Gottschalk, MD & Nino Rainusso, MD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Tennessee |