Currently funded projects

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

Comprehensive analysis of gene changes in childhood cancer patients and their parents

Recipient: Dr Bhavna Padhye Institute: Children's Cancer Research Unit, The Children's Hospital at Westmead. The Kids' Cancer Project Funding: $91,000 August 2023 to August 2024 Perpetual Funding: $91,100
Categories
  • Various cancer types

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(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

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

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

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

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
Categories
  • Sarcoma

Identification of a sarcoma molecular prognostic and therapy resistance signature

Recipient: Dr Jason Cain Institute: Hudson Institute of Medical Research The Kids' Cancer Project Funding: $50,542 January 2022 – June 2023 Perpetual Funding: $89,930 Total Funding: $140,472
Categories
  • Sarcoma

INTER-EWING-1: Improving outcomes of newly diagnosed Ewing sarcoma

Recipient: A/Professor Geoff McCowage  Institute: Children's Hospital at Westmead Funding: $300,000 July 2022 to June 2025 (The Kids' Cancer Project: $150,000, The Cooper Rice-Brading Foundation: $150,000)
Categories
  • Brain cancer

Pharmaco-phospho-proteo-genomics of paediatric high-grade glioma (HGG)

Recipient: Associate Professor Matt Dun Institute: The University of Newcastle, Hunter Medical Research Institute Funding: $300,000 October 2021 to September 2024
Categories
  • Various cancer types

Reducing long-term side-effects of chemotherapy in cancer survivors

Recipient: Professor Irina Vetter Institute: The University of Queensland Funding: $298,141 October 2021 to September 2024
Categories
  • Sarcoma

Exploiting the DNA damage response in paediatric sarcoma

Recipient: Dr Emmy Fleuren and Dr Emmy Dolman Institute: Children’s Cancer Institute Funding: $261,649 June 2021 to June 2024
Categories
  • Sarcoma

Detecting chemotherapy resistance and sequencing residual malignant tissues in sarcoma treatment

Recipient: Professor Glenn Marshall Institute: Children's Cancer Institute Funding: $220,000 January 2022 to December 2023
Categories
  • Leukaemia

Targeting altered serine metabolism in MLL-rearranged paediatric acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)

Recipient: Professor Ricky Johnstone Institute: Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Funding: $218,338 October 2021 to September 2023
Categories
  • Brain cancer

Enhancing radiation therapy to improve survival outcomes for children with aggressive brain cancer

Recipient: Professor Nick Gottardo Institute: Telethon Kids Institute Funding: $108,556 October 2021 to September 2022
Categories
  • Sarcoma

Identifying the right sarcoma treatment at the right time

Recipient: Dr Emmy Fleuren Institute: Children's Cancer Institute Funding: $373,599 June 2021 to June 2024 (The Kids' Cancer Project: $186,799.50, The Cooper Rice-Brading Foundation: $186,799.50)
Categories
  • Various cancer types

National Tumour Biobanking Network

Recipient: Associate Professor Andrew Moore Institute: University of Queensland Funding: $642,168 July 2015 to June 2024
Categories
  • Sarcoma

Targeting IL-23 in bone and soft tissue sarcomas

Recipient: Professor David Thomas Institute: Garvan Institute of Medical Research Funding: $100,000 March 2021 to March 2023
Categories
  • Neuroblastoma

Enhanced polyamine depletion for aggressive childhood cancers

Recipient: Professor Michelle Haber Institute: Children’s Cancer Institute TKCP funding: $239,995 January 2021 to December 2023 PdCCRS* funding: $347,705 Total funding: $587,700
Categories
  • Medulloblastoma

Personalised targeted therapy for adolescent and young adult medulloblastoma patients

Recipient: Dr Elizabeth Hovey Institute: Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre TKCP funding: $287,322 July 2020 to June 2023 PdCCRS* funding: $287,322 Total funding: $574,664
Categories
  • Brain cancer

CONNECT-1903

Recipient: Professor Nick Gottardo Institute: ANZCHOG Funding: $54,095 June 2020 to December 2023
Categories
  • Medulloblastoma

Application of gene-silencing nanodrugs to inhibit medulloblastoma growth

Recipient: Associate Professor Joshua McCarroll Institute: Children’s Cancer Institute TKCP funding: $298,554 December 2019 to January 2023 PdCCRS* funding: $298,554 Total funding: $597,108
Displaying results 33 - 64 of 118
Pages