Research projects we fund

The Kids' Cancer Project has committed over $75 million to research projects across Australia.
Categories
  • Various cancer types
  • Queensland

Col Reynolds Fellowships, Megumi Hui Ai Lim

Recipient: Megumi (Meg) Lim Institute: Queensland University of Technology Funding: $20,000.00 PhD Scholarship - Top Up
Categories
  • Leukaemia
  • Victoria

Col Reynolds Fellowships, Dr Hannah Walker

Recipient: Dr Hannah Walker Institute: Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Funding: $35,000.00 PhD Scholarship - Top Up
Categories
  • Sarcoma
  • Western Australia

Towards safe and effective immunotherapy for soft tissue sarcomas

Recipient: Dr Ben Wylie Institute: Telethon Kids' Institute Funding: $89,300 January 2023 to June 2024 (The Kids' Cancer Project: $39,300, Colliers Charitable Fund: $50,000)
Categories
  • Brain cancer
  • South Australia

Targeting the DC-T cell axis to treat glioblastoma

Recipient: Dr Tessa Gargett Institute: Royal Adelaide Hospital The Kids' Cancer Project Funding: $299,947 January 2023 to December 2025 Cancer Australia PdCCRS: $299,947 Total Funding: $599,894
Categories
  • Leukaemia
  • New South Wales

Targeting NAD metabolism to overcome therapeutic resistance in acute myeloid leukaemia

Recipient: Dr Klaartje Somers Institute: Children’s Cancer Institute The Kids' Cancer Project Funding: $181,559 January 2023 to December 2025 Cancer Australia PdCCRS: $381,559 Total Funding: $563,118
Categories
  • Brain cancer
  • Queensland

A new and effective combination therapy for children with brain cancer

Recipient: Professor Brandon Wainwright Institute: University of Queensland The Kids' Cancer Project Funding: $91,392 July 2022 – June 2024 Dalwood Wylie Foundation: $30,000 Perpetual Funding: $120,000 Total Funding: $241,392
Categories
  • Various cancer types
  • Victoria

Identification of Megakaryocyte and Platelet Bone Marrow Niches

Recipient: Dr Gavin Tjin Institute: St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research Funding: $199,970.50 February 2022 to February 2024 (Cancer Australia PdCCRS funding $50,314.50 and The Kids' Cancer Project funding $149,656)
Categories
  • Sarcoma
  • New South Wales

Clinical translation of CAR T cell therapy for the treatment of sarcoma

Recipient: A/Professor Geoff McCowage & Dr Kavitha Gowrishankar Institute: Children's Hospital at Westmead Funding: $281,000 October 2021 to September 2024 (The Kids' Cancer Project: $115,500, The Tie Die Project: $115,500, The Children's Cancer Research Unit: $50,000)
Categories
  • Various cancer types
  • Queensland

RECOVER – Responding to late effects in survivors of childhood cancer

Recipient: Dr Natalie Bradford Institute: Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Funding: $299,882 July 2022 to June 2025
Categories
  • Sarcoma
  • New South Wales

ANZSA Clinical Research Fellowship

Recipient: Dr Liz Connolly Institute: Children's Medical Research Institute Funding: $170,000 July 2025 through July 2027
Categories
  • Various cancer types
  • New South Wales

Preclinical drug-testing to evaluate PARP inhibitors for infants with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Recipient: Dr Rishi Kotecha Institute: Telethon Kids' Institute Funding: $143,908 July 2021 to December 2022 Perpetual Funding: $120,000
Categories
  • Various cancer types
  • Victoria

(GENIE) A combined GENetic and follicle density risk prediction approach to identifying InfErtility risk in paediatric cancer patients

Recipient: Dr Rachel Conyers Institute: The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Funding: $301,752 July 2022 to June 2025
Categories
  • Various cancer types
  • Victoria

Pharmacogenetics real-time implementation of rare-toxicity predisposition (PRIORITY-P)

Recipient: Dr Rachel Conyers Institute: The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Funding: $286,502 July 2022 to June 2025
Categories
  • Various cancer types
  • New South Wales

iBounce digital health educational program

Recipient: Dr Lauren Ha Institute: School of Health Sciences, UNSW Medicine, UNSW Sydney Behavioural Sciences Unit, Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick Funding: $599,935 January 2022 to June 2025
Categories
  • Sarcoma
  • Queensland

From bench to bedside – Developing an osteosarcoma precision oncology workflow

Recipient: Dr Jacqui McGovern Institute: Queensland University of Technology Funding: $299,171 June 2022 to July 2025 (The Kids' Cancer Project: $199,171 and The Tie Dye Project: $100,000)
Categories
  • DIPG
  • New South Wales

Targeting the thioredoxin system as a novel strategy for DIPG

Recipient: Associate Professor David Ziegler and Dr Dannielle Upton Institute: Children’s Cancer Institute Funding: $329,440 January 2022 to December 2024
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