Cancer Research Project Grants support research on all aspects of cancer, including investigations into the causes and mechanisms of cancer, prevention, treatment and cancer care, and the organisation and performance of cancer control services. The purpose of the research project grants is to build research capacity and improve the quality and quantity of research into cancer.

The work to be funded must relate to the causes, prevention, diagnosis or management of cancer.

A grant proposal is sufficiently cancer-related that it can be considered for funding by Cancer Council Queensland if any of the following are true.

The proposal aims to:

1. Test clinically a means of diagnosing cancer or assessing cancer risk in an individual, and the major health focus of the study is cancer;
2. Test in a pre-clinical model a means of diagnosing cancer or assessing cancer risk in an individual, and the major health focus of the study is cancer;
3. Test clinically a treatment/therapy/intervention for cancer or for management of a problem experienced by cancer patients as a result of their cancer, and the major health focus of the study is cancer;
4. Test in a preclinical model a treatment/therapy/intervention for cancer or for management of a problem experienced by cancer patients as a result of their cancer, and the major health focus of the study is cancer;
5. >In the community or a defined group, evaluate determinants of risk of cancer, or interventions that might reduce the risk of cancer, and the major focus of the study is cancer risk;
6. In animals or laboratory work define molecular or cellular mechanisms leading to, or preventing, malignant transformation of cells;
7. In animals or laboratory work define the molecular or cellular basis of actions of therapies used, or proposed for, treatment of cancer or of complications of cancer;
8. Examine the psychosocial consequences of cancer at the individual or community level; or
9. Examine the effectiveness or optimisation of delivery of cancer services to the community.

Cancer Council Queensland's policy is to support particular research needs as they emerge, and to support worthwhile research which may have difficulty in receiving funding in terms of priorities set by other funding agencies.

Information on Cancer Research Project Grants, and how to apply

• Cancer Research Project Grant Application Guide 2012
• Cancer Research Project Grant Administrative Guidelines and Conditions of Award 2012
• Research Project Grant Progress Report 2012 (for calendar year 2011)