Funding Opportunities

Overview

Achieving equity in cancer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is a strategic objective of the Australian Cancer Plan and a priority for Cancer Australia. On 2 May 2023, the Hon Mark Butler, Minister for Health and Aged Care announced $238.5 million in funding through the Improving First Nations Cancer Outcomes budget measure to help deliver better outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Funding provided to Cancer Australia through this measure is targeted at ensuring mainstream cancer care services are culturally safe and accessible, and building the capacity of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research sector ($38.6 million).

NOW OPEN: Partnerships for Cancer Research grant program

Cancer Australia has launched the Partnerships for Cancer Research grant program, a new $9.6 million initiative aimed at improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and building the capacity of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer research sector. The grant program will facilitate partnerships between organisations that will work together with community to deliver research activities. Partnerships can be between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led organisations and mainstream organisations (including research groups and cancer services), or between two or more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led organisations.

Each research partnership can apply for a grant between $0.8 to $2.5 million over a maximum 3-year grant period commencing June 2025.

Cancer Australia is delivering this grant in partnership with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

Applications are open now until 5pm (AEDT) Wednesday 12 February 2025, via NHMRC’s grant management system – Sapphire.

Minimum data is due by 5pm (AEDT) on Wednesday 4 December 2024.

For grant guidelines and further information visit GrantConnect.

Eligibility Criteria

This grant round is open to all CNSA members, regardless of their stage of career. Applicants’ stage of career and experience is considered in the grant application process, to ensure equity. Applicants may include:

• Clinical nurses
• Early-career researchers
• Mid-career and experienced researchers

Please ensure you have read the Guidelines carefully and contact the Research Standing Committee if you have any questions (admin@cnsa.org.au).

There is a total of $30,000 available in this funding round. Any applicant can apply for any amount up to $30,000.

An individual or team who is actively involved in any aspect of cancer control may apply for a grant within this program.

The primary applicant must:

• Be a current financial member of the CNSA for a minimum of 12 consecutive months; and
• Be registered with AHPRA as a registered nurse and be working in a cancer related field.

Collaborative Research Accelerator Grants ~ Significant, recurrent funding fosters an ecosystem of multiple diverse research teams, at all career stages, to address critical questions through a connected suite of research activity at the pace and scale that reflects the urgency of achieving our vision of Zero Deaths from breast cancer.

EOI opening early May 2024.

NBCF is facilitating an information webinar series to give an overview of the Pink Horizon Research Strategy and to inform the research community about the key application elements of the Collaborative Research Accelerator Grant scheme. NBCF will host three identical information webinars to allow sufficient opportunity for participants to attend and actively participate in one of the question and answer sessions at the end of each webinar.

The webinars will be held on Monday, April 22, 2024 at 10am-11am AEST and 3pm-4pm AEST and Monday, April 29, 2024 at 1pm-2pm AEST.

Research Projects Grants ~ Annual funding support for investigator-initiated research projects to build Australia’s breast cancer research pipeline that addresses research questions with a clear line of sight to Zero Deaths from breast cancer.

Pink Sky Grants ~ Intermittent merit-based funding support high-risk, high-reward research projects with significant paradigm shifting potential to revolutionise approaches to combating breast cancer.

The Australasian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (AuSPEN) offers grants to society members for assistance in undertaking projects of significance to AuSPEN. AuSPEN offers grants for novice researchers (a clinician who does not have an established research track record or a higher degree in research) to assist them to conduct clinical projects of significance to the field of clinical nutrition.

ReViTALISE participant, Barwon Health supports researchers through their Research Support Unit – website is open to the public

Launched by the Victorian Government in 2017, each year the Fund provides funding support to accelerate health and medical research and fast-track innovative projects from research to real-world impact. The Fund will be delivered in two tiers: Early-stage research – Supporting innovative early-stage research that will deliver health and economic benefits to Victoria; Research translation – Providing direct funding to fast-track the translation of health and medical research into real-world outcomes.

The Ian Potter Foundation is a major Australian philanthropic foundation that supports and promotes excellence and innovation. The Foundation was established in 1964 by Australian financier, businessman and philanthropist, Sir Ian Potter (1902 – 1994).

The Current Grant Opportunity List contains all current Grant Opportunities (GOs) open for application. GOs are sorted by default with those closing soonest at the top, and those that are ongoing at the end of the list.

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is a $20 billion long-term investment supporting Australian health and medical research. The MRFF aims to transform health and medical research and innovation to improve lives, build the economy and contribute to health system sustainability.

The ARC is responsible for administering the National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP), assessing the quality, engagement and impact of research, and providing advice and support on research matters. The ARC’s purpose is to grow knowledge and innovation for the benefit of the Australian community by: funding the highest quality research, assessing the quality, engagement, and impact of research, providing advice on research matters.