Research projects we fund
The Kids' Cancer Project has committed over $75 million to research projects across Australia.
- Medulloblastoma
- Western Australia
Using smarter new drugs to reduce long term debilitating side effects for aggressive childhood brain
Recipient: Professor Nick Gottardo and Dr Raelene Endersby
Institute: Telethon Kids Institute
Funding: $246,713 July 2020 to June 2021
- Various cancer types
- Victoria
International clinical trials support
Recipient: ANZCHOG
Institution: Monash University
TKCP Funding: $600,000 January 2024 to December 2026
Previous Funding: $1,075,000 July 2015 to December 2024
- Various cancer types
- New South Wales
Personalised Medicine: Zero Childhood Cancer
Recipient: Professor Michelle Haber
Institute: Children’s Cancer Institute
Funding: $1,902,550 July 2014 to September 2021
- Medulloblastoma
- Queensland
Exploiting CDK4/6 inhibition to treat medulloblastoma
Recipient: Professor Brandon Wainwright
Institute: University of Queensland
TKCP funding: $196,207 July 2019 to June 2022
PdCCRS* funding: $392,413
Total funding: $588,620
- Leukaemia
- New South Wales
Targeting the NAD pathway as a new therapeutic strategy for high-risk leukaemia in children
Recipient: Dr Michelle Henderson
Institute: University of NSW
TKCP funding: $138,179 July 2019 to June 2022
PdCCRS* funding: $453,279
Total funding: $591,458
- Leukaemia
- South Australia
IntReALL-HR
Recipient: Associate Professor Tamas Revesz
Institute: Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
Funding: $416,422 July 2018 to June 2022
- Various cancer types
- Victoria
Understanding the genetic basis of chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy
Recipient: Dr Rachel Conyers
Institute: The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Funding: $583,072 July 2018 to December 2023
- Various cancer types
- Tasmania
New state-wide Children’s and Adolescent/Young Adult Cancer Clinical Trials Unit
Recipient: Associate Professor John Heath
Institute: Royal Hobart Hospital
Funding: $308,517 July 2017 to December 2022
- Leukaemia
- New South Wales
Pre-clinical development of novel immune therapy for paediatric cancers
Recipient: Dr Alla Dolnikov
Institute: Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick
Funding: $480,000 July 2016 to December 2022
- Leukaemia
- South Australia
Investigating drug resistance and genetic changes in Ph-like ALL in adolescents
Recipient: Dr Susan Heatley
Institute: South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
Funding: $398,146 July 2016 to June 2022
- DIPG
- New South Wales
Epigenetic targeted therapy in DIPG
Recipient: Associate Professor David Ziegler
Institute: Children’s Cancer Institute
Funding: $251,428 July 2019 to May 2022
- Various cancer types
- New South Wales
Impact of treatment on late effects and survivorship on childhood cancer survivors
Recipient: Professor Natasha Nassar
Institute: University of Sydney
Funding: $39,578 July 2019 to December 2021
- Various cancer types
- Queensland
Developing treatments for vincristine-induced neuropathy
Recipient: Associate Professor Irina Vetter
Institute: The University of Queensland
Funding: $255,978 July 2019 to August 2021
- Testicular
- Queensland
Development of a non-invasive diagnostic and prognostic assay for adolescent testicular cancer
Recipient: Dr Cassy Spiller
Institute: The University of Queensland
Funding: $50,000 July 2019 to December 2021
- Neuroblastoma
- New South Wales
MicroRNA drugs for the treatment of neuroblastoma
Recipient: Associate Professor Alexander Swarbrick
Institute: Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Funding: $308,270 July 2018 to September 2021
- Various cancer types
- New South Wales
3D printers and mini-brains
Recipient: Associate Professor Geraldine O’Neill
Institute: The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
Funding: $119,821 July 2019 to June 2020
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