Australian Cancer Research Foundation
Founded | 1984 |
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Founder | Sir Peter Abeles and Lady (Sonia) McMahon |
Type | Non-profit organization |
Location | |
Area served | Australia |
Key people | Tom Dery (Chairman) and Prof. Ian Brown PhD FTSE (Chief Executive) |
Mission | Funding world class Australian research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer |
Website | http://www.acrf.com.au/ |
The Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) is an Australian not-for-profit organisation which funds research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of all types of cancer. It provides multi-million dollar grants for high-end research equipment, technologies, and infrastructure development to support the work of Australian cancer scientists.[1]
History and structure
Established in 1984 by businessman and philanthropist, the late Sir Peter Abeles.
Lady (Sonia) McMahon was also a founding Board member until her death in 2010.[2]
A Board of Trustees, composed of prominent and influential Australian business people, administers the organisation. The current chairman is Mr Tom Dery, Worldwide Chairman of M&C Saatchi.
A Medical Research Advisory Committee (MRAC) assesses all grant applications and advises the ACRF Board of Trustees on which research institutes will have the highest impact in cancer prevention, diagnosis and/or treatment. Membership of the MRAC is authorised by the Department of Health and Ageing with each appointment being three years. The current Chairman of the MRAC is Professor Ian Frazer, co-creator of the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil.[3]
Funding
The Foundation awards grants between A$1.5 million and A$10 million, based on scientific excellence. As at 2015, A$103 million has been awarded to medical research institutes and hospitals in every Australian state and the Australian Capital Territory, for research into all cancers. The ACRF the a privately funded charity - it receives no government funding. Financial statements are publicly available on the Foundation's website.
Project funding approved
Year | Amount | State/ Territory |
Institute/Hospital/Centre | Project |
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1987 | $1,0000,000 | NSW | Centre for Immunology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney | Immune system and cancer defence |
1989 | $610,000 | VIC | Cancer Research Centre, St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne | Solid cancers and bone breakdown |
1992 | $1,080,000 | VIC | Austin Research Institute, Melbourne | Immune system and cancer defence (breast, ovarian, pancreas, lung, and bowel cancers) |
1995 | $1,096,000 | QLD | Centre for Molecular & Cellular Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane | Skin, kidney and childhood cancers |
$1,000,000 | SA | Hanson Centre, Royal Adelaide Hospital | Leukaemia and solid cancers | |
1997 | $1,000,000 | ACT | Medical Genome Centre, Australian National University, Canberra | Immune system, gene and cancer defence |
1998 | $50,000 | TAS | University of Tasmania, Hobart | Immune system and cancer defence |
1999/ 2000 | $1,002,000 | NSW | Westmead Institute for Cancer Research, Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research, Sydney | Skin, breast and ovarian cancers and leukaemia |
$1,000,000 | QLD | Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane | Vaccine for cervical cancer | |
2001 | $1,300,000 | VIC and QLD | Australian Genome Research Facility | Microarray |
$1,200,000 | WA | Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, Royal Perth Hospital | Eight state-of-the-art research laboratories | |
2002 | $1,000,000 | VIC | Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne | 3D Imaging of proteins |
$500,000 | NSW | Children's Cancer Institute Australia, University of New South Wales, Sydney | Formation of new blood vessels | |
2003 | $1,500,000 | SA | University of Adelaide | Early diagnosis |
$1,350,000 | QLD | Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane | Cellular imaging | |
2004 | $1,200,000 | QLD | Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Brisbane | Cellular imaging |
$1,130,000 | ACT | John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra | Biomolecular Resource Facility | |
$1,100,000 | NSW | Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney | Molecular genetics | |
$1,000,000 | VIC | Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne | Cell Imaging program | |
$1,000,000 | VIC | Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne | New children's cancer research centre laboratories | |
$900,000 | VIC | St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne | ACRF Rational Drug Discovery Facility | |
2005 | $1,140,000 | QLD | Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane | Integrated Brain Tumour Flow Cytometry Screening Facility |
$1,000,000 | VIC | Royal Melbourne Hospital | Translational research laboratory interface (hematology and bone marrow research) | |
$1,000,000 | VIC | The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne | Bioinfomatics and tissue banking | |
$1,000,000 | NSW | Westmead Institute for Cancer Research, Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research, Sydney | New wing increasing collaboration among researchers | |
$1,000,000 | SA | Flinders University/Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide | Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer Prevention and Care laboratory | |
2006 | $5,000,000 | VIC | Melbourne Comprehensive Cancer Centre | ACRF Centre for Therapeutic Target Discovery |
$1,200,000 | NSW | Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney | Cell and Molecular Therapy Unit equipment and fit-out | |
$1,100,000 | TAS | Menzies Research Institute, Hobart | ACRF Tasmanian Inherited Cancer Centre | |
2007 | $5,000,000 | NSW | Centenary Institute for Cancer Research and Sydney Cancer Centre | ACRF Centre for Basic and Translational Cancer Research |
$3,200,000 | QLD | The Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine, Brisbane | ACRF Comprehensive Cancer Genomics Facility | |
$3,100,000 | NSW | Children's Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research, Sydney | ACRF Drug Discovery Centre for Childhood Cancer | |
$2,700,000 | QLD | Queensland Institute for Medical Research, Brisbane | The ACRF Centre for Cancer Epigenetics | |
2008 | $2,500,000 | VIC | Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne | For new technologies to identify genes controlling cancer cell behaviour |
$2,500,000 | QLD | Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane | To decipher gene and protein interactions which affect the behaviour of cancer cells | |
$2,500,000 | NSW | The Garvan St Vincents Campus Cancer Centre, Sydney | To support the research components which will be part of a world-class comprehensive cancer centre | |
2009 | $3,500,000 | SA | Centre for Cancer Biology, South Australian Pathology and The University of Adelaide | To establish a new Cancer Genomics Facility[4] |
$3,100,000 | NSW | Children's Medical Research Institute, Sydney and University of Newcastle | For the world’s first Chemical Proteomics Centre for Kinomics[5] | |
2010 | $2,500,000 | NSW | The Garvan St Vincent’s Campus Cancer Centre (Kinghorn Cancer Centre), Sydney | To extend the 2008 grant to support the research components which will be part of a world-class comprehensive cancer centre |
$2,400,000 | WA | The Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, Perth | For the ACRF Cancer Imaging Facility to promote innovation in cancer research, and ensure a high quality imaging hub to facilitate world-class cancer discoveries with direct relevance to clinical outcomes | |
$2,000,000 | VIC | The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne | To expand their two new cancer divisions – the Stem Cells and Cancer Division and Chemical Biology Division | |
$1,600,000 | VIC | Monash Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne | For the ACRF Centre for Cancer Genomics to facilitate innovative and internationally competitive research that translates to significant outcomes in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer | |
2011 | $5,000,000 | NSW | Westmead Institute for Cancer Research, Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research, Sydney | For new ACRF Melanoma Research Laboratories which will house two internationally recognised melanoma research teams |
$2,000,000 | VIC | Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne | To develop a new ACRF Centre for Translational Cancer Therapeutics and Imaging | |
$2,000,000 | VIC | St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne | To expand the existing ACRF Rational Drug Discovery Centre | |
2012 | $3,500,000 | VIC | Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne | For cancer cell isolation and profiling of rare tumour populations |
$2,000,000 | QLD | Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane | Technologies for molecular genetics, including exact tumour localisation and analysis | |
$2,000,000 | QLD | Diamantina Institute, Brisbane | Seed-funding for the development of an individualised oncology care centre | |
2013 | $2,600,000 | QLD | QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane | Development of a cutting-edge Centre for Comprehensive Biomedical Imaging |
$2,000,000 | NSW | Children's Medical Research Institute, Sydney | To establish a dedicated Telomere Analysis Centre | |
$2,000,000 | VIC | The Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Melbourne | To fit-out a specialised centre for translational research and personalised cancer medicine | |
$1,800,000 | SA | South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide | Seed-funding for a new ACRF Innovative Cancer Imaging and Therapeutics Facility | |
2014 | $2,500,000 | VIC | Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne | For the development of the ACRF Breakthrough Technologies Laboratory to advance new treatments for many of Australia’s most common, and most deadly cancers |
$1,500,000 | NSW | Children's Cancer Institute, Sydney | Development of a Precision Medicine Centre for children at high risk of treatment failure | |
$2,500,000 | QLD | Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane | To establish an imaging facility that enhances treatment options for companion animals with cancer, and humans. | |
$2,500,000 | NSW | Central Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney | Development of improved radiotherapy and imaging techniques for cancer patients. | |
References
- ↑ "About ACRF". The Australian Cancer Research Foundation webpage. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- ↑ "Lady Sonia McMahon dies in Sydney hospital". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 April 2010. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ↑ "Ian Frazer". science.qld.gov.au. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ↑ "SA Pathology". 26 February 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- ↑ "ACRF Centre for Kinomics (supported by the Ramaciotti Foundation) – A World First". The Children's Medical Research Institute. November 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2010.