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PHILADELPHIA, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Alex s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), a nonprofit foundation devoted to finding cures for children with cancer, announces grant award recipients of their Crazy 8 Initiative. The recipients will receive grants totaling more than $18.5 million, which is the single, largest funding commitment from ALSF to date.
The Initiative kicked off in the Fall of 2018 with a meeting that brought together more than 90 scientists from around the world to help define the research landscape in order to tackle major obstacles impeding progress toward cures for childhood cancer. Through a rigorous review process, ALSF narrowed down over 100 applications to four projects that will work to accelerate the pace of new cure discovery.