Alex's Lemonade Stand Gives UMass Doc Major Innovation Grant For Cancer Research

WORCESTER, MA—Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), a nonprofit dedicated to finding cures for children with cancer, recently awarded 19 Innovation Grants to leading pediatric oncologists across the country. Over the course of two years, researchers receive $250,000 of critical funding to pursue unique projects.

This time around, a doctor from Worcester received this major grant. Jie Song, PhD of UMass Medical School was awarded an Innovation Grant from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. The Innovation grant is worth $250,000 over two years. Song is working on 3-D printed bone grafts for pediatric skeletal reconstruction

Innovation Grant recipients conduct their research at 19 top institutions across the U.S. and Canada, said the announcement, and the projects will study various types of childhood cancers.

“The Innovation Grant encourages experienced researchers in the field to push for breakthroughs in childhood cancers, ultimately leading to new clinical interventions,” said Jay Scott, co-executive director of ALSF, in a statement. “Each year, the recipients continue to show great promise moving us toward desperately needed cures, with important findings along the way.”

The Innovation Grant, one of the first grants awarded by ALSF since its inception, was created to provide critical and significant seed funding for experienced researchers with novel and promising approaches to finding the causes and cures for childhood cancers. visit: www.ALSFgrants.org.

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