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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Targeting Pediatric Brain Tumors Using PTPmu Nanochains with Radiofrequency-Releasable Therapeutics | Case Western Reserve University / Susann Brady-Kalnay, PhD & Efstathios Karathanasis, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Ohio |
| Development of Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Chemo/Radio-Sensitizers for Intrathecal Delivery | Yale School of Medicine / Ranjit S. Bindra, MD/PhD & Mark Saltzman, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Connecticut |
| Targeting BRD9 in Sarcoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Scott Armstrong, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Massachusetts |
| Long Non-Coding RNAs as Novel Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in Pediatric Leukemia | New York University School of Medicine / Iannis Aifantis, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | New York |
| Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA in Pediatric Sarcomas | The Regents of the University of California San Francisco / Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD & Maximillian Diehn, MD/PhD (Stanford University) | Innovation Grants | 2016 | California |
| Improving Immune-Mediated Oncolytic Viral Therapy: Engineering Tumor Vaccine Elements into the Virus | Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / Kevin Cassady, MD & Christopher Walker, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Ohio |
| Developing and Distributing a Pediatric Spinal Cord High-grade Glioma Model | Stanford University / Michelle Monje, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | California |
| Preclinical Testing of Candidate Therapeutics in a Pediatric Spinal Cord High-grade Glioma Model | Stanford University / Michelle Monje, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | California |
| Enhancing Pediatric Sarcoma Immunotherapy by Drug Induced Expression of Tumor-Specific Cryptic Neoantigens | University of Minnesota / David Largaespada, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Minnesota |
| Image Guided Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Drug Delivery and Design | Weill Cornell Medical College / Mark Souweidane, MD & Richard Ting, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | New York |