Grants and Funding

Cancer Australia administers several grants programs, providing support for cancer research, clinical trials and cancer support networks.

We work in partnership with other organisations and groups to ensure the most effective and efficient use of our resources.The National Centre for Gynaecological Cancers provides specific funding to support people affected by gynaecological cancers.

Grants that have been awarded

• Cancer Support Networks grants

NHMRC-National Centre for Gynaecological Cancers Translating Research into Practice (TRIP) Fellowship

The National Centre for Gynaecological Cancers, in partnership with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), is offering up to two 2011 TRIP Fellowships for a project that identifies and addresses an important evidence-practice gap in the management of gynaecological cancers. Specifically, the fellowship will be awarded to projects with a focus on:

• Implementation of evidence to improve outcomes for women and their families affected by a gynaecological cancer; and/or

• Implementation of evidence to improve effective service delivery for women with a gynaecological cancer. 

The aim of this Fellowship is to provide the opportunity for health professionals to improve the translation of research findings into clinical practice and improve care and outcomes for women affected by gynaecological cancers.

Applications for the 2011 TRIP Fellowship will open in late 2010. Further information can be found at www.nhmrc.gov.au

Gynaecological Cancer Research

The Centre is a key funding partner in Cancer Australia’s Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme.  Over the next two years, the Centre will fund two research grants per year.

Consumers affected by gynaecological cancers were involved in the assessment of these research grants.

Successful applicants in the 2009 Round offered funding by the National Centre for Gynaecological Cancers

The Centre and its Advisory Group have identified the following two priority areas for gynaecological cancer research in the 2010 Round of the Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme:

• Research into improving quality of life, supportive care, survivorship outcomes and continuity of care, during or following treatment, for women with gynaecological cancers.

• Research into translating evidence into practice that will optimise outcomes for women with gynaecological cancers, including: prevention; diagnosis; treatment; management; and/or referral to multidisciplinary specialist gynaecological oncology care. 

Jeannie Ferris, National Centre for Gynaecological  Cancers (NCGC) Consumer Churchill Fellowship

Australian women who have been diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer, their family members and carers have the opportunity to contribute to reducing the impact of gynaecological cancers on women affected by the illness.

In 2010, the NCGC will sponsor its first Jeannie Ferris, National Centre for Gynaecological Cancers Consumer Churchill Fellowship.

Awarded through The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust this fellowship acknowledges the unique role consumers have to play in improving outcomes for women affected by gynaecological cancers and their families.

The NCGC is pleased to announce that the 2010 Jeannie Ferris Consumer Churchill Fellowship has been awarded to Merran Williams of Queensland. A survivor of ovarian cancer, Ms Williams will visit gynaecological cancer centres of excellence in the United States of America to investigate survivorship programs that support women affected by ovarian cancer.

More about this annual fellowship:

This Fellowship has been named in honour of the contribution made by the late Jeannie Ferris; Liberal Senator for South Australia who was passionately committed to advancing health issues affecting women.  After being diagnosed with ovarian cancer in October 2005 Jeannie Ferris was instrumental in establishing and participating on the Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee which produced the October 2006 Senate Committee Report, Breaking the silence: a national voice for gynaecological cancers. This resulted in the establishment of the National Centre for Gynaecological Cancers in 2007, to improve outcomes for women affected by gynaecological cancers, their families and carers, and to lessen the impact of cancer on their lives.  Jeannie Ferris died in April 2007 at the age of 66.

The NCGC is committed to sponsoring one annual fellowship. Applications for this fellowship are assessed by The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and must meet the following two criteria:

• Applications will only be sought from consumers, including: women diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer; or a family member or carer who has been directly involved in supporting a woman with a gynaecological cancer; and

• The successful applicant will be expected to undertake a project that will benefit women affected by gynaecological cancers and assist in reducing the impact of gynaecological cancers on those affected.

Applications for the 2011 Fellowship will open 1 November 2010.

Further information can be found on The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust website www.churchilltrust.com.au.