Applications for 2014 have now closed and will be announced by Cancer Australia in December 2013.

Cure Cancer Australia Foundation funds early-career researchers as Chief Investigator of their project, in order to advance their research and to increase their competitiveness for funding from other granting agencies in the future. Cure Cancer Australia Foundation wishes to fund innovative, high-achieving, early-career researchers, and will be assessing the applicant’s track record (relative to oppportunity) and publications. The funding may be used for the applicant’s own salary, or the salary of a research assistant, and/or research materials for the specified project. Cure Cancer Australia Foundation has channelled close to $17 million of grants to over 430 researchers. Some who received this early-career seed funding are now among Australia’s most prominent cancer researchers. We invite you to apply to join them.

Cure Cancer Australia Foundation offers this funding in partnership with Cancer Australia’s 2013 round of the Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme (PdCCRS). Further information about this grants scheme can be found at www.canceraustralia.gov.au.  The Guide to Applicants, Additional Questions Forms, a template Funding Agreement and a link through to the NHMRC website have specific links to relevant NHMRC information which can be found at: http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/apply/projects/index.htm.

For a PDF brochure click here. 

Other funding opportunities for researchers

Funding is available from Cure Cancer Australia Foundation in collaboration with the Cancer Council NSW, the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, the National Breast Cancer Foundation, and the Leukaemia Foundation.  Cure Cancer Australia will fund the first year of larger project grants with each of the above organisations through their respective research grants processes.  Timeframes vary slightly for each organization, however as a guide, applications generally open in April, close in July and are announced in December.

Please visit our collaborative funding partner’s websites for information on how to apply.

 For enquires, contact Edith Hurt, Research Program Manager at Cure Cancer Australia on 02 8072 6115 or ehurt@curecancer.org.au