2012 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

We are pleased to advise that the call for applications to the 2012 Cure Cancer Australia funding via the Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme (PdCCRS) is now open. Successful grants will commence in 2013.

For application forms, guidelines and further information please click HERE

For video tutorials on use of the NHMRC RGMS application system and information about the grant review panel process click HERE

We are keen to receive applications from early-career researchers (less than 7 years post PhD or post MBBS), and are very happy to report that we funded 21 researchers in 2011 and will be funding 30 researchers this year.

Applications can be made up to 5pm on March 14 2012. 

Cancer Australia’s Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme 2012 (PdCCRS)

Cancer Australia’s PdCCRS is an annual national research project grant scheme which funds cancer research in identified priority areas to help
reduce the impact of cancer in the community and improve outcomes for people affected by cancer.

The scheme aims to provide a coordinated approach among funding organisations to fund cancer research in priority areas:

• foster collaboration between research groups on a single research project
• lessen duplication and fragmentation of research effort at the national level.

In 2012, Cancer Australia and its collaborating partners will offer funding for project grants in identified priority areas. 

Grants may be funded solely by one funding partner or co-funded by multiple funding partners. This national collaborative approach improves the coordination and funding of cancer research, and adds value to the research investment of both Cancer Australia and its funding partners. Successful applications to the PdCCRS are endorsed by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) in recognition of their scientific merit.

The collaborating partners are as follows:

• Cure Cancer Australia Foundation
• Australian Rotary Health
• beyondblue: the national depression initiative
• Cancer Council Australia
• Cancer Council New South Wales
• Leukaemia Foundation
• National Breast Cancer Foundation
• Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia

For more information on the funding categories please click here

For further information on Cancer Australia’s PdCCRS 2012:

Visit the Cancer Australia website here
Contact Dr Paul Jackson, Manager, Research and Clinical Trials, Cancer Australia on 02 6217 9810 or paul.jackson@canceraustralia.gov.au

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.

Collaborative Funding with Cancer Council NSW 

Collaborative Funding with National Breast Cancer Foundation        

Collaborative funding with Leukaemia Foundation Australia             

Collaborative funding with Prostate Cancer Foundation Australia 

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