Biomedical research is mainly scientific laboratory work conducted in universities, hospitals and medical research institutes.
We support over 90 biomedical researchers with grants, fellowships and scholarships. Our Research Program Governance Unit coordinates funding selection with independent advice from our Medical and Scientific Committee and Executive Committee, ensuring the best research is funded.
We also support the Victorian Cancer Biobank.
Fund a research award
Research Awards are a chance to fund a specific type of cancer research. Your Research Award will help fund a Cancer Council research grant at a leading Victorian hospital, university, or research centre.
Learn more about funding a research award.
Projects funded for 2019
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Funding per tumour type
Find out how much Cancer Council Victoria has spent on external research for each tumour type.
Application processes
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Key dates
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Venture Grants Scheme
The Venture Grants Scheme supports innovative researchers with courageous ideas who would not be able to attract conventional funding.
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Expression of Interest open
Close: Friday, August 9, 2019
Full applications
Open: Monday, 9 September 2019
Close: Friday, 4 October 2019
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Postdoctoral fellowships
For recent Victorian PhD graduates to do an extra six months or year of research on their thesis topics.
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Open: Monday, 5 August 2019
Close: Friday, 11 October 2019
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Summer vacation studentships
We offer places to undergraduates to stimulate interest in cancer research. |
Open: Monday, 5 August 2019
Close: Friday, 20 September 2019
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Grants-in-aid applications
Our grants-in-aid program funds research in Victorian universities, hospitals and medical research institutes.
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CLOSED
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Lyall Watts Mesothelioma Research Grant
Funding for mesothelioma research in Victorian universities, hospitals and medical research institutes.
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CLOSED
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Sir Edward Dunlop Research Fellowship
A five year Fellowship for mid-career researchers who are at least 2 and less than 10 years from the date that their PhD (or equivalent qualification) was passed
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CLOSED
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No funding from tobacco industry
Funding will not be granted to any researcher who is receiving or who is an applicant for funding from the tobacco industry or any of its agencies or subsidiaries including the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World.
Funding will be withdrawn from any researcher or research for which an application is made to, or funding received from, the tobacco industry or any of its agencies or subsidiaries during the currency of the grant.