The Kids’ Cancer Project and Children’s Cancer Institute Australia are pleased to today announce the launch of the Josh McCarroll PhD Excellence Award.
The Kids’ Cancer Project is proud to be an ongoing partner with the Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Mission – a collaborative initiative bringing together government and non-government partners with a shared vision to improve outcomes and experiences for children, adolescents and young adults with cancer.
The Kids’ Cancer Project’s vision is to see a 100% survival of kids with cancer with no long-term serious effects – a vision it executes by funding pioneering Australian research projects that have the greatest chance of successful impact.
For many people, survival rates are a source of hope. That as that number increases, we can be excited about advances in research and all that comes with it.
AI has been heralded as a difference maker in modern medicine, with many people optimistic about its abilities to assist in finding more effective, less harmful treatments for kids with brain cancer.
1 May 2026 marks the launch of The Kids’ Cancer Project’s 'Write a Book in a Day’, regarded as Australia’s most inspiring writing challenge for schools and writing groups, all while raising vital funds for childhood cancer research.
Side effects dictate much of The Kids’ Cancer Project’s remit. The determination to create more effective, less harmful treatments informs much of the charity’s funding, as does the desire to ensure children with cancer both survive and thrive.
Col Reynolds Fellow, Dr Aaminah Khan, does work that is admirable. The early-career researcher has achieved so much in so little time, with clinical trials on the horizon as she looks to tackle medulloblastoma relapse head on, which is currently incurable.
Jacqueline Hunter, a Col Reynolds Fellow based at the University of Melbourne, has played a leading role in authoring an Australian paper that has been published in the British Journal of Cancer.
The Kids’ Cancer Project is celebrating the success of partnering with the City of Sydney for their Sydney Lunar Festival in 2026, engaging with more than 20,000 visitors and raising over $2,000 for childhood cancer research.
For kids with cancer like Boyd Beckett – a former leukaemia patient from rural NT and the face of our 2026 Easter Bear Appeal – access to services in rural areas can be hard to come by. Many drive hours at a time to receive treatment, while others are flown to neighbouring state capitals.
