Where does your money go?
The Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) has provided 44 grants totalling $79 million to Australian cancer research institutes since the cancer charity’s inception, with 70% of this total awarded in just the last six years.
In 2011 the ACRF received 16 applications for almost $50 million to fund outstanding projects.
The projects finally selected are the best of the best by world standards. Our dream is to fund, one day, every worthy cancer research project with your support. Please click on the links below to read more about our past cancer research grant receipients, or view ACRF cancer research projects by State here.
2011 cancer research grants
$5 million – Westmead Institute for Cancer Research (NSW): Seed-funding for the construction of two world-class melanoma research laboratories.
$2 million – Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (VIC): Imaging technologies for the ACRF Centre for Translational Cancer Therapeutics and Imaging.
$2 million – St Vincent’s Institute for Medical Research (VIC): Providing drug detection equipment, cell imaging equipment, and software to enhance the existing ACRF Rational Drug Discovery Centre.
2010 cancer research grants
$2 million – The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (VIC): to expand their two new cancer divisions – the Stem Cells and Cancer Division and Chemical Biology Division
$2.4 million – The Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WA): for the ACRF Cancer Imaging Facility to promote innovation in cancer research, and ensure a high quality imaging hub to facilitate world-class cancer discoveries with direct relevance to clinical outcomes
$1.6 million – Monash Institute of Medical Research (VIC): for the ACRF Centre for Cancer Genomics to facilitate innovative and internationally competitive research that translates to significant outcomes in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer
$2.5 million – The Garvan St Vincent’s Campus Cancer Centre (Kinghorn Cancer Centre) : to extend the 2008 grant to support the research components which will be part of a world-class comprehensive cancer centre
2009 grants
$3.1 million – Children’s Medical Research Institute & University of Newcastle (NSW): for the world’s first Chemical Proteomics Centre for Kinomics
$3.5 million – The Centre for Cancer Biology and the University of Adelaide (SA): to establish a new Cancer Genomics Facility
2008 grants
$2.5 million – Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, for new technologies to identify genes controlling cancer cell behaviour
$2.5 million – Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Queensland University, to decipher gene and protein interactions which affect the behaviour of cancer cells
$2.5 million – The Garvan St Vincents Campus Cancer Centre, Sydney, to support the research components which will be part of a world-class comprehensive cancer centre
2007 grants
$5 million – Centenary Institute for Cancer Research and Sydney Cancer Centre – ACRF Centre for Basic and Translational Cancer Research
$3.2 million – Diamantina Institute for Cancer Immunology and Metabolic Medicine, Brisbane – ACRF Comprehensive Cancer Genomics Facility
$2.7 million – Queensland Institute for Medical Research, Brisbane – The ACRF Centre for Cancer Epigenetics
$3.1 million – Children’s Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research, NSW – ACRF Drug Discovery Centre for Childhood Cancer
2006 grants
$1.1 million – Menzies Research Institute, TAS – ACRF Tasmanian Inherited Cancer Centre
$1.2 million – Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW – Cell & Molecular Therapy Unit equipment and fit-out
Special $5 million Grant – Melbourne Comprehensive Cancer Centre – ACRF Centre for Therapeutic Target Discovery
2005 grants
$1.14 million – Queensland Brain Institute (University of Queensland), QLD – Integrated Brain Tumour Flow Cytometry Screening Facility
$1 million – Royal Melbourne Hospital, VIC – Translational research laboratory interface (Hematology and Bone Marrow research)
$1 million – The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne VIC – Bioinfomatics and tissue banking
$1 million – Westmead Institute for Cancer Research, Sydney, NSW – New wing increasing collaboration among researchers
$1 million – Flinders University/Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, SA – Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer Prevention and Care laboratory
2004 grants
$1.13 million – The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT – Biomolecular Resource Facility
$1 million – Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC – New Children’s Cancer Research Centre laboratories
$900,000 – St. Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC – ACRF Rational Drug Discovery Facility
2003 grants
$1.2 million – Institute for Molecular Bioscience, QLD – Cellular imaging
$1.1 million – Garvan Institute of Medical Research, NSW – Molecular genetics
$1 million – Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Vic – Cell Imaging program
2002 grants
$1.5 million – University of Adelaide, SA – Early diagnosis
$1.35 million – QLD Institute of Medical Research – Cellular imaging
2001 grants
$500,000 – Children’s Cancer Institute Australia, University of NSW - Formation of new blood vessels
$1 million – Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Vic – 3D Imaging of proteins
2000 grants
$1.3 million – Australian Genome Research Facility, Vic & QLD – Microarray
1999 grants
$1.2 million – Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, Royal Perth Hospital, WA – Eight state-of-the-art research laboratories
$1 million – Centre for Immunology & Cancer Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD – Vaccine for Cervical Cancer
1998 grants
$50,000 – University of Tasmania – Immune system & cancer defence
1997 grants
$1 million – Medical Genome Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT – Immune system, gene & cancer defence
$1.02 million – Westmead Institute for Cancer Research, NSW – Skin, breast & ovarian cancers and leukaemia
1994 grants
$1.096 million – Centre for Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Queensland – Skin, Kidney & childhood cancers
$1 million – Hanson Institute, SA – Leukaemia & solid cancers
1991 grants
$1.08 million – Austin Research Institute, Vic – Immune system & cancer defence (breast cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreas cancer, lung cancer & bowel cancer)
1988 grants
$610,000 – Cancer Research Centre, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Vic – Solid cancers & bone breakdown
1984 grants
$1 million – Centre for Immunology, St Vincent’s Hospital, NSW – Immune system and cancer defence
