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 |
| 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 |
| MRFF | 2026 Consumer-Led Research Grant Opportunity | The 2026 Consumer-Led Research Grant Opportunity will support research that: Stream 1 (Incubator): identify health priorities, develop new approaches and/or methodologies and conduct pilot studies addressing health issues and/or barriers that: are co-led, co-produced and/or co-designed with consumers are in partnership with health services increase consumers’ understanding of, and involvement in, research. Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): develop and/or test scalable and sustainable approaches, in partnership with consumers, that enable self-care interventions or improve quality of life and/or survivorship care. Approaches are for individuals from one or more priority populations, who have experienced or are experiencing long term diseases and conditions. Approaches may, where appropriate, also deliver for the individual’s families, carers and communities. | 04.03.2026 | 08.07.2026 | 05.08.2026 |
| 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 | Genomic Health Futures Grant | The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – 2026 Genomics Health Futures Grant Opportunity will provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that: Stream 1 (Targeted Call for Research): develop genomic tools and technologies to identify genetic predisposition to cancer and improve screening and targeted intervention. Focus on increased access to genomic testing and on liquid biopsy. Stream 2 (Targeted Call for Research): conduct scalable research to enhance novel gene discoveries, increase diagnostic rates and enable disease modelling to support development of targeted therapies or prevention strategies. Research projects funded by this stream should: stratify ways to elucidate the impact of variants of unknown significance in known and novel genes develop the application of gene-specific platforms (including multi-omics) to new and/or established cohorts. Stream 3 (Incubator): develop novel methods for using polygenic risk scores to identify subgroups of the population at high risk of common and complex diseases. | 18.03.206 | 22.07.2026 | 19.08.2026 |
| MRFF | Early-Mid Career Researcher Grant | The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) –2026 Early to Mid-Career Researchers Grant Opportunity will support research to build and grow research capacity and capability in Australia by supporting Early to Mid-Career Researchers (EMCRs) to continue their health and medical research careers. | 29.05.2026 | 22.07.2026 | 19.08.2026 |
| 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 |
| NHMRC | Partnerships Project (PRC3) | 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. | 23.07.2026 | 28.10.2026 | 11.11.2026 |
