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The ACRF has awarded more than $45 million in research grants to Australian cancer institutes, including two of the largest private cancer research grants ever awarded - a $5 million grant to the Melbourne Comprehensive Cancer Centre and a $5 million grant to Sydney's Centenary Institute for Cancer Research. Over $30 million of those grants have been awarded since 2004 - a reflection of the rapid progress being made in diagnosing and treating cancer since unravelling the mysteries of DNA. More grant funding ... There has been great progress with many cancers and cancer treatments in the last few years, but costs for sophisticated equipment and laboratories are immense. So our aim is to provide the funding for the best-equipped laboratories here in Australia, and to attract and inspire the best and brightest scientific miinds to take on ground-breaking new research with the potential to prevent and cure this devastating disease. In 2007 we increased the minimum amount of our grants from $1 million to $1.5 million, and invited applications for grants of up to $10 million for ambitious, innovative research projects. The results are hugely encouraging - we received a record number of outstanding applications. The three best applications were awarded major grants, announced in December 2007 ... $5.0 million to the Centenary Institute for Cancer Research & Sydney Cancer Centre... $3.2 million to the University of Queensland's Diamantina Institute for Cancer Immunology and Metabolic Medicine... $2.7 million to Queensland Institute of Medical Research Centre for Cancer Epigenetics. These three programs were selected by the Foundation's Medical Research Advisory Committee from an outstanding field, and represent the most cutting-edge research being conducted in the world at this time. Read about each of these projects and the leading researchers responsible, by following their links. Why ACRF grants are significant and different... There are many agencies and organisations providing funding support and raising funds for ongoing research projects, research education and training and clinical support. However, there are deficiencies in the provision of major capital grants from private resources to ensure Australia's cancer research scientists can continue their important work. The ACRF has been redressing these deficiencies since 1984, by providing major grants in excess of $1 million and up to $5 million, for building and updating research centres and laboratories, purchasing the latest, state-of-the art technology and equipment and the establishment of national facilities. Grants of this magnitude are not available from other sources, outside of government, in Australia and our Board of Trustees is prepared to offer up to $10 million for any single project with the potential to deliver an absolute breakthrough. ACRF grants are awarded on a basis of research excellence. All applications for grants are subject to a rigorous approval process overseen by our honorary Medical Research Advisory Committee whose members are among Australia's most respected researchers. What research is being done into what cancers ... ACRF's significant grants support all aspects of cancer research, including cell and molecular biology, epidemiology, prevention and the development of new, targeted therapies to reduce the side affects of patient treatment and extend life. We fund research projects dedicated to specific cancers, including breast and prostate cancer, lung cancer, colorectal (bowel) cancer, melanoma, ovarian, cervical, oesophagael, leukemia and lymphoma cancers, brain, pancreatic and many others. We also support research projects which have a wider impact on the prevention and diagnosis of all cancers. Click here to read about all the projects funded by ACRF's grants since 1987. Last year's grants... $3.1 million childhood cancer research grant to Children's Cancer Institute of Australia...December 2006 - $5.0 million to the Melbourne Comprehensive Cancer Centre - $1.1 million to Hobart's Menzies Research Institute to fund the ACRF Inherited Cancer Centre - $1.2 million to Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Cell and Molecular Therapy Laboratories. Our special $3.1 million children's cancer research grant was made possible by a generous bequest from the estate of the late Mrs B.M. McDonnell. Read more about this grant and about cancers affecting children. On behalf of Australia's leading cancer researchers, we thank our donors and supporters. It is their generosity only that makes it possible to provide these major grants - we receive no funding from any other sources.
Every dollar of every donation received goes to cancer researchTo make a credit card donation over the phone, please call 1300 884 988 from anywhere in Australia for the cost of a local call.
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2008 ACRF Grant Applications round closed on May 9, 2008.  All donations over $2 are tax deductible |