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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developing Immune-modulatory Strategies Against Primary and Metastatic Tumors in the Central Nervous System | Case Western Reserve University / Alex Huang, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2012 | Ohio |
| Searching for genetic vulnerabilities in osteosarcoma through genome-wide RNAi screening | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Stuart Orkin, MD | Innovation Grants | 2012 | Massachusetts |
| The role of vitamin D in hepatoblastoma formation and prevention | Brigham and Women's Hospital / Wolfram Goessling, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2012 | Massachusetts |
| Development of the Next Generation FLT3 Inhibitors for Pediatric AML and Infant ALL | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Donald Small, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2012 | Maryland |
| BH3 Profiling to define therapy resistance classes in neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Michael Hogarty, MD | Innovation Grants | 2011 | Pennsylvania |
| Modeling Anaplastic Medulloblastoma using Cerebellar Stem Cells | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute / Robert Wechsler-Reya, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2011 | California |
| Clinical Development of RNA Nanoparticle Vaccines Targeting Recurrent Pediatric Brain Cancers | Duke University / Duane Mitchell, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2011 | North Carolina |
| Strategies for Epigenetically Reprogramming Neuroblastoma Cancer Stem Cells | Baylor College of Medicine / Jason Shohet, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2011 | Texas |
| Predicting Outcome and Ameliorating Toxicities of the Immunotherapy of Neuroblastoma | University of California, San Diego / Alice Yu, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2011 | California |
| Studying the clonal dynamics and evolution of leukemia using molecular barcodes | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University School of Medicine / Matthew Porteus, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2011 | California |