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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stapled Oncolytic Peptides for Treatment-Resistant Pediatric Leukemias | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Loren Walensky, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Massachusetts |
| Targeting Chromatin Remodeling Complexes for Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) Therapy | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Jun Qi, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Massachusetts |
| CDK12 Links Radiation Response to PARPi Sensitivity in Pediatric Glioma | University of Colorado Denver_ Anschutz Medical Campus / Nathan Dahl, MD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Colorado |
| Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumors: Investigation of its Pathogenesis and Development of Novel Therapies | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Andrea Ventura, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | New York |
| Targeting Neurons in the Osteosarcoma Microenvironment with Non-Opioid Analgesic Lipid Nanoparticles | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Aaron James, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Maryland |
| Novel Resilience Genes Required for Cerebellum Development and Medulloblastoma Survival | University of California San Francisco / Stephen Fancy, PhD, DVM | Innovation Grants | 2023 | California |
| In Situ CD19.CAR-T Generation Using TRIDENT System for Pediatric B Cell Malignancies | Baylor College of Medicine / Masataka Suzuki, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2023 | Texas |
| Inhibition of translation initiation as a novel therapeutic strategy against MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Rani George, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2022 | Massachusetts |
| Developing Novel Transcription Factor PROTACs to Disrupt the HMGA1 Epigenome in Relapsed Leukemia | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Linda Resar, MD and Jian Jin, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2022 | Maryland |
| Developing Novel Transcription Factor PROTACs to Disrupt the HMGA1 Epigenome in Relapsed Leukemia | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai / Linda Resar, MD and Jian Jin, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2022 | New York |