Funding opportunities
Below is a list of funding opportunities that may be relevant for thoracic cancer research, including basic scientific research. Please read the funding guidelines to determine if your research proposal is eligible and that you meet other eligibility requirements.
Any TOGA member can apply for TOGA endorsement of their thoracic cancer research proposal, taking advantage of peer- and consumer-review by TOGA working groups in the following areas:
- Early non small cell lung cancer
- Advanced non small cell lung cancer
- Small cell lung cancer/mesothelioma
- Supportive and palliative care
- Translational research
TOGA endorsement offers the following benefits:
- Use of TOGA logo or TOGA acknowledgment on all applications, presentations and publications
- Membership mailouts to assist with recruitment
- Listing of trial on the TOGA website
- Updates presented at Scientific Committee or other TOGA meetings (time permitting)
Further information is available in the TOGA Endorsement Policy.
The next deadline for submission of concepts for peer- and consumer review and application for endorsement will be posted on social media and circulated in a members’ newsletter. Send concepts at any time to info@thoraciconcology.org.au
If you know of additional funding opportunities that we can list, please contact info@thoraciconcology.org.au
| Grant Name | Research funded | Grant open date | Close date | Max funding | Duration | Application requirements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROS1+ Cancer Innovation Award | The goal of the program is to provide seed grants for high-risk, high-reward projects focused on ROS1+ cancers. Projects focused on pre-clinical, translational, or clinical research of ROS1+ cancers will be considered under this Request for Applications. | 23 February 2023 | Expression of interest (EOI) deadline March 31 2023 (23:59 ET time) Successful EOIs invited for full application 28 April 2023 Full application deadline 15 June 2023 (23:59 ET time) | $75,000 USD | 1 year | ROS1+ Cancer Innovation Award uses a two-step application process: a Letter of Intent followed by a Full Application. Templates and detailed instructions for required information/materials can be found at https://proposalcentral.com. Be sure to read those instructions in case any instructions were changed, added, or deleted after this was issued. |
| GO6114 MRFF Clinical Trials Activity Initiative – 2023 International Clinical Trial Collaborations Grant Opportunity | Consistent with the MRFF Act, the objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that: • promote Australian involvement in international collaborative investigator-initiated clinical trials research through the establishment and co-ordination of clinical trial site/s in Australia. • provide high-quality evidence of the effectiveness of novel health treatments, drugs or devices in ‘usual care’ settings, which will support a decision on whether to deliver the intervention in an Australian setting. For the purposes of this grant opportunity, novel health treatments can include innovative applications of existing interventions. Applications to this grant opportunity must propose a clinical trial in Australia in collaboration with international counterparts. The clinical trial should not have commenced recruitment at the Australian trial site/s. | 01 March 2023 | Round 1 Minimum data 28 June 2023 (17:00 ACT time) Full Application 26 July 2023 (17:00 ACT time) Round 2 Minimum data 06 December 2023 (17:00 ACT time) Full Application 7 February 2024 (17:00 ACT time) | $3 Million | 5 years Entirety of funds to be provided in 2023-2024 but can be expended across the grant period 2023-2028 | Application form submitted through Sapphire |
| GO6034 MRFF – Primary Health Care Research Initiative – 2023 Primary Health Care Research Grant Opportunity | The objectives and intended outcome of this grant opportunity are aligned with the following Australian Medical Research and Innovation Priorities 2022-2024: • Primary Care Research • Priority Populations • Preventive and Public Health Research Consistent with the Medical Research Future Fund Act 2015, the objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support Australian medical research and medical innovation projects that: • evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of new or existing best practice models of multidisciplinary care for patients with complex and chronic conditions in primary care and • address one or more of the priorities recommended to the Australian Government for the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce. | 08 February 2023 | Minimum data 05 July 2023 (17:00 ACT time) Full Application: 02 August 2023 (17:00 ACT time) | $3 million | 2 years | Application form submitted through Sapphire |
| GO5828 MRFF 2022 Rapid Applied Research Translation Grant Opportunity | Consistent with the MRFF Act, the objective of Streams 1 and 2 of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support Australian medical research and medical innovation projects that: - use existing knowledge to support and accelerate the translation of research findings into improved health care and health interventions, that have the potential for broader applicability - address a clearly defined gap in the implementation of best practice health care and health interventions to improve health outcomes - involve all stakeholders relevant to the research and its translation in its conceptualisation, design and implementation, including health care consumers and providers. Stream 3 (Targeted Call for Research): Adoption of evidence-based practice into health care Consistent with the Medical Research Future Fund Act 2015, the objective of Stream 3 of this grant opportunity is to provide a grant of financial assistance to support a medical research project that: ▪ prospectively evaluates all projects funded through the 2022 Rapid Applied Research Translation grant opportunity, as well as grants awarded through the previous 2020 Rapid Applied Research Translation grant opportunity ▪ generates knowledge that improves understanding of the factors that promote the adoption, impact and sustainability of evidence-based practice in health care. | 09 January 2023 | 12 May 2023 (17:00 ACT time) | Stream 1: $15 million Stream 2: $15 million Stream 3: $0.5 million | 3 years | To apply, you must: ▪ complete the online program application form via business.gov.au ▪ provide all the information requested ▪ address all eligibility and relevant assessment criteria ▪ include all necessary attachments. Further information can be found on the website. |
| GO5855 MRFF 2022 Frontier Health and Medical Research Grant Opportunity | Consistent with the MRFF Act, the objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation programs of research that deliver a ‘moonshot’ by creating a treatment for a currently serious and incurable health condition through a series of linked projects. The program of research can propose to develop novel health technologies and/or re-purpose existing health technologies in a novel way. For the purposes of this grant opportunity, a ‘moonshot’ is defined as an ambitious, exploratory and ground-breaking program of research that utilises health technology to address a challenging clinical problem, and thereby aims to develop a novel treatment for, or means of prevention of, a current or predictable future serious and incurable health condition. In addition, ‘health technology’ is defined as the application of organised knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures, and systems (e.g computer-supported information systems) to solve health problems and improve quality of life. | 13 February 2023 | Full Application 31 March 2026 (17:00 ACT time) | $25 million | 5 years | To apply, you must: ▪ complete the online expression of interest/application form on business.gov.au ▪ provide all the information requested ▪ address all eligibility and relevant assessment criteria ▪ include all necessary attachments ▪ submit your expression of interest/full application by the closing date and time. Should you be invited to proceed with a full application, there is a separate application process that is described on the website. |
| GO6029 MRFF - Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative - 2023 Consumer-Led Research Grant Opportunity | Stream 1 - Projects that develop and/or test the implementation of interventions for improving health self-efficacy for: • consumers with long term diseases and conditions, and/or • one or more Priority Populations. Stream 2 - Projects that use citizen science methodologies where citizens and scientists use web-based platforms and digital tools to co-create health knowledge that has practical implications for improving health outcomes and/or improving consumer experiences of health care, whilst increasing consumer understanding of, and consumer involvement in, research. | 08 February 2023 | Minimum data 17 May 2023 (17:00 ACT time) Full Application 14 June 2023 (17:00 ACT time) | Stream 1: $0.6 million Stream 2: $1 million | 2 years | Application form submitted through Sapphire |
| GO6024 MRFF – Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative – 2023 Chronic Respiratory Conditions Grant Opportunity | Stream 1 - Develop treatable trait-based precision medicine approaches for chronic respiratory disease Stream 2 - Clinically validate scalable approaches to medication and therapeutic adherence and/or self-management of chronic respiratory diseases. | 08 February 2023 | Minimum data 17 May 2023 (17:00 ACT time) Full Application 14 June 2023 (17:00 ACT time) | Stream 1: $2 million Stream 2: $2 million | 2 years | Application form submitted through Sapphire |
| GO6033 MRFF - Clinician Researchers Initiative - 2023 Clinician Researchers: Applied Research in Health Grant Opportunity | Streams 1 and 2: Applied Research in Health Consistent with the Medical Research Future Fund Act 2015, the objective of Streams 1 and 2 of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research projects: • led by clinician researchers who are specialist general practitioners or specialists in any other specialty (see below) • that validate and implement new approaches for improving the quality of patient care, and • address health issues in a Priority Population/s. Stream 3 (Targeted Call for Research): Adoption of evidence-based practice into health care Consistent with the MRFF Act, the objective of Stream 3 of this grant opportunity is to provide a grant of financial assistance to support a medical research project that prospectively evaluates projects funded through Streams 1 and 2 to generate knowledge that improves understanding of the factors that promote the adoption, impact and sustainability of evidence-based practice in health care. | 15 February 2023 | Minimum data 05 July 2023 (17:00 ACT time) Full Application: 02 August 2023 (17:00 ACT time) | Stream 1: $1.5 million Stream 2: $1.5 million Stream 3: $0.5 million | 4 years | Application form submitted through Sapphire |
| GO5887 MRFF 2022 Clinical Trials Activity Grant Opportunity | Stream 1 – conduct a clinical trial of one or more treatments and/or management-based interventions for rare cancers, rare diseases and/or unmet need. Stream 3 – conduct a clinical trial that reduces inequities in health outcomes by addressing the specific health and health care needs that are of priority for people in regional, rural, and remote communities. Stream 4 - conduct a clinical trial that assesses the comparative effectiveness of two or more health interventions to treat a specific clinical condition, to inform the decisions of policy makers, clinicians, and consumers regarding healthcare and to minimise the use of unnecessary, ineffective, and harmful health interventions | 14 December 2022 | Minimum data 3 May 2023 (17:00 ACT time) Full application 28 June 2023 (17:00 ACT time) | $4 million | Up to 5 years | Application form submitted through Sapphire |
