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Cancer Research

The Cancer Research grant program has been created to enable people to make provision in their wills to support the fight against cancer. 

Key dates

Status: closed

Open by invitation/inquiry

Granting overview

Available Funding: One-year grants of up to $60,000 

Application Process: Via SmartyGrants (by invitation) 

Program objectives

The cancer research program focusses on advancing research into the causation, prevention and diagnosis of cancer, as well as the treatment of the disease. 

Eligibility

Item 1 DGR organisations which are registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission and endorsed with charity tax concessions.

Current recipients

Organisation: National Foundation for Medical Research and Innovation
Project: Targeted killing of immunosuppressive regulatory T cells for the treatment of solid tumours.

Past recipients

Financial year

Organisation

Project

Amount

FY24

Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute

Breast Cancer Research

$18,413

FY24

Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute

Support for Senior Research Leaders at Peter mac

$60,149

FY23

National Breast Cancer Foundation

Breast Cancer Research

$18,054

FY23

Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute

Identifying novel anti-cancer therapies

$56,447

All grant programs

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