Our ongoing commitment to improving outcomes and quality of life for people affected by cancer depends on a range of factors. One of the most vital is our opportunity to access funding by way of research grants to support our efforts.
According to the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), one researcher has the potential to improve millions of lives. For more than three decades, TROG Cancer Research has committed its efforts to this goal.
TROG Cancer Research has a dedicated team supporting our Members in their quests for securing grants to facilitate cancer research funding.
Read on to discover the current grant funding opportunities available.
There are currently no travel grants available.
There are currently no education grants available.
| FUNDING BODY | GRANT | DETAILS | OPENING DATE | MIN DATA DUE | CLOSING DATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balnaves Foundation | Ongoing | The Balnaves foundation supports eligible organisations across Australia that aim to create a better Australia through education, medicine and the arts with a focus on young people, the disadvantages and indigenous Australia. | Ongoing | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| Novartis | Ongoing | Grants can be provided to all registered medical, scientific, charitable and healthcare organisations, and patient associations | Ongoing | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| Anti Cancer Fund | Ongoing | Do not hesitate to apply for funding if you have a clinical trial proposal meeting our five core criteria in one of the following specific cancer domains: paediatric solid tumours, including brain tumours and sarcomas, gynaecological cancers (excluding breast cancer), adult brain tumours and brain metastaseshepatobiliary and pancreatic cancers | Ongoing | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| Passe & Williams Foundation | Clinical Research Grant | To support Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgeons and accredited surgical trainees in OHNS in building research capability and undertaking research projects with relevance to clinical application, through the provision of funding towards the employment of a part-time research assistant, research nurse or graduate student. | Ongoing | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| MRFF | Clinical Trials Activity Initiative | The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – 2025 Clinical Trials Activity Grant Opportunity will support medical research and medical innovation projects that: Stream 1 (Incubator): conduct a pilot study to assess the feasibility of a new clinical trial for one or more treatments and/or management strategies for a rare cancer, rare disease and/or unmet need. Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): 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 (Targeted Call for Research): conduct a clinical trial that supports the delivery of effective and high value care by targeting evidence gaps of value to health technology assessment processes in Australia. Stream 4 (Targeted Call for Research): conduct a prevention clinical trial aimed at reducing the risk, onset or progression of disease through early intervention strategies. | 24.09.2025 | 04.03.2026 | 01.04.2026 |
| NHMRC | Postgraduate Scholarships | It aims to support these outstanding health and medical graduates early in their career so they can be trained to conduct research that is internationally competitive and develop a capacity for original independent research within Australia. The intended outcome of the Postgraduate Scholarships scheme is increased research capacity within Australia. | 08.04.2026 | 13.05.2026 | 03.06.2026 |
| NHMRC | Investigator Grants (NHMRC) | Investigator Grants consolidate separate fellowship and research support into one grant scheme that provides the highest-performing researchers at all career stages with funding for their salary (if required) and a significant research support package. | 03.06.2026 | 01.07.2026 | 29.07.2026 |
| NHMRC | Partnerships Project (PRC2) | This funding scheme provides funding and support to create new opportunities for researchers and policy makers to work together to define research questions, undertake research, interpret the findings and implement the findings into policy and practice. | 19.03.2026 | 22.07.2026 | 05.08.2026 |
| MRFF | International Clinical Trial Collaborations Grant Opportunity | The Clinical Trials Activity Initiative (the Initiative) aims to: - Improve the evidence base supporting clinical care - Help patients access trials relevant to their health circumstances - Enable researchers to bring international trials to Australian patients 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. | 11.02.2026 | 19.08.2026 | 19.09.2026 |
| NHMRC | Clinical Trial and Cohort Studies Grants | This funding scheme is open to research proposals for clinical trials and/or cohort studies of any size – that is, they may be large or small clinical trials or cohort studies. High-quality clinical trials that provide reliable evidence of the effects of health-related interventions on health outcomes (or appropriate surrogates). High-quality cohort studies that provide reliable evidence on the relation of important risk factors and other exposures to health-related outcomes. High quality retrospective cohort studies that provide reliable evidence on the relation of important risk factors and other exposures to health-related outcomes. | 09.09.2026 | 07.10.2026 | 04.11.2026 |
