Our mission is to change the lives of children with cancer through funding impactful research, raising awareness, supporting families, and empowering everyone to help cure childhood cancer.

Cancer , Philanthropy , Philanthropy, Charity & Voluntarism Promotion

The ALSF Grant Program funds research every step of the way?from early stage innovative research all the way through to lifesaving clinical trials for kids with cancer. ALSF?s new initiatives are having an impact on research worldwide?the ALSF Childhood Cancer Data Lab (CCDL) and the Crazy 8 Initiative are bringing together the brightest minds from around the globe to fight childhood cancer. Using artificial intelligence and deep learning, the CCDL is currently harmonizing all publicly available data at refine.bio. The result: The largest set of harmonized transcriptome data that exists. What's even better is that accessing and sharing data is free to researchers. We train scientists to put this incredibly valuable information to the best use possible. Additionally, ALSF is committed to providing support and resources to families that will make their days a little easier and their challenges more manageable. The ALSF Travel For Care program helps to offset travel expenses for families who must travel to receive potentially lifesaving treatment for a child. In addition to this, brothers and sisters of cancer patients often face complex emotions as their family is thrown into the turmoil of managing a child?s treatment. ALSF?s one-of-a-kind SuperSibs program is dedicated to comforting, encouraging, and empowering siblings as their brother or sister fights cancer. ALSF has recently launched the first-of-its-kind Clinical Trials Navigation program for all childhood cancers. The ALSF Clinical Trials Navigator conducts personalized searches to provide a list of pediatric oncology clinical trial options within the United States for families and oncologists to consider.

children with cancer

Nationwide