Cure Cancer Australia’s single focus is to find a cure for cancer.
Our role in the cancer space is an important one. We act as a front line source to provide vital start up funding for innovative, ground-breaking research projects across all types of cancer. Since 1967, we have channeled over $15 million in the form of funding grants to national young researchers and have come to stand for integrity, excellence, and success in research.
Through gaining funding from Cure Cancer Australia, our brilliant young Australian researchers are granted a much needed opportunity to build on their ideas and develop a platform for their life-long aspiration to find a cure for cancer.
Untold thousands of lives have been saved around the world as a consequence of the knowledge gained and the treatments developed from Cure Cancer Australia's funded research projects.
Our Vision
A world without cancer, nothing less
Our Mission
We champion innovative young researchers in their quest to cure cancer
How it began
Cure Cancer Australia’s origins came from two families who were impacted by the death of two courageous people, Leo & Jenny who both sadly died of leukaemia. Leo & Jenny’s families established trusts to fight leukaemia and cancer by raising funds to support research and treatment programs. Out of these simple but inspired beginnings grew the Leo & Jenny Leukaemia and Cancer Foundation, now Cure Cancer Australia Foundation, which has many loyal donors who have supported us since 1967.
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