Grant Applications
Cure Cancer Australia is collaborating with Cancer Australia to provide National Project Grant funding via the Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme (PdCCRS).
Project grants of one year duration up to $90,000 (GST-exclusive) are offered to support post-doctoral researchers with less than seven years post-doctoral experience or less than seven years post MBBS qualification undertaking a one year research project into malignant disease.
Cure Cancer Australia Foundation wishes to fund innovative, high-achieving, early-career researchers, and will be assessing the Track Record and Publications of the Chief Investigator submitted as part of the NHMRC application process to determine priority for these grants. This funding category cannot be used to provide a salary or other support for a young investigator as part of a larger PdCCRS project grant application.
Support from Cure Cancer Australia is available for Priority-driven Young Investigator Project Grants. These project grants are intended to support research projects of young investigators and must demonstrate:
- Priority focus
- Grant applications must relate specifically to the research priority area/s specified by Cure Cancer Australia Foundation
- Track record
- Applicants must list publications, their role in the publications, and their research experience
- Career development
- Applicants are required to describe their career development objectives for the next five years
- Relevance to cancer control
- Applicants must describe how their proposed research is relevant to cancer control
- Consumer involvement
- Applicants must outline whether consumers have been consulted about the relevance of the study or its design
Further information about the grants scheme can be found on the Cancer Australia website www.canceraustralia.gov.au .
Guide to Applicants, Additional Questions Forms, a template Funding Agreement, and a link through to the NHMRC website have been posted on www.canceraustralia.gov.au.
Specific links to relevant NHMRC information can also be found here: http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/apply/projects/index.htm and http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/types/granttype/projects/index.htm.
For enquires, contact Lorraine McNuff on 02 9251 6188, lorraine@cure.org.au
Application process
To apply for funding under this scheme, you must:
- Read the guide and instructions for applicants (available on the Cancer Australia website)
- Complete an application form, available on the website of the National Health and Medical Research Council
- Complete an Additional Questions form addressing the research priorities of both Cure Cancer Australia Foundation and Cancer Australia (available on the Cancer Australia website)
For further information: Contact Dr Paul Jackson, Program Manager, Research, Cancer Australia 02 6217 9810, Paul.Jackson@canceraustralia.gov.au
