Deadline: 24-Jun-22
The Cancer Council Victoria has announced the applications for Grants-in-Aid program to funds high quality research into the causes, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
They are committed to funding research projects tackling all cancer types to achieve the vision for a cancer-free future.
Funding Information
- Upto 12 grants are available with a maximum of $100,000 available per year, per grant, for up to two or three years (maximum $300,000 per grant). Two of these grants will be offered to projects targeting mesothelioma (1 grant) and regional focus (1 grant). Funding start date is from 01 January 2023.
- This year, in addition to funding across all cancer types there will be funding available for one project with a focus on Mesothelioma and one project with a focus on addressing a regional need related to cancer, and that is led by a regional institution.
Eligibility Criteria
- Grants-in-Aid are awarded to research conducted in Victorian universities, hospitals and medical research institutes.
- The work to be funded must relate to the causes, prevention, diagnosis or treatment of cancer.
- Funding will not be granted to any researcher who is receiving or who is an applicant for funding from the tobacco industry or any of its agencies or subsidiaries.
- Relevance to cancer is the fundamental criteria for eligibility for Grants-in-Aid funding. The primary focus of the project must relate to the causes, prevention, diagnosis or treatment of cancer.
- Those projects applying to Low Survival Cancer specific funding must demonstrate a primary focus on a low survival cancer.
Limitations on funding
- The first-named Chief Investigator (CIA) must hold a primary appointment at an institution in Victoria.
- Chief Investigator A (CIA) may only submit and hold one Cancer Council Victoria Grant-in-Aid as CIA. If the CIA currently holds a Grants-in-Aid that finishes after 31 December 2022, they cannot apply to this round. This includes those grants currently held with “a no cost extension”.
- Any Chief Investigator may only act as CI (B, C, D etc) on one submission in the 2022 round.
- No changes to the Chief investigators are to be made between the EOI and Full Application unless there are extenuating circumstances.
- Cancer Council Victoria employees are eligible for inclusion on Grants-in-Aid project applications providing:
- The Cancer Council employee is not listed as Chief Investigator A (CIA)
- The project is led by another institution, and funds are awarded to and expended by another institution.
For more information, visit https://www.cancervic.org.au/research/grants/grants-in-aid