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How to apply for a Tour de Cure grant
Tour de Cure has an annual grant round, applications opening in August 2024.
We fund grants for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment or cure of cancer, as well as projects to promote and increase cancer awareness and understanding in Australia.
How we assess your application
After submitting an expression of interest, your application will be reviewed by the Tour de Cure grants committee. If you proceed to the second round of review, you’ll complete a full grant application, with recommended projects submitted to the Tour de Cure board in late November. Successful applicants will be announced in mid-December, with funding issued in March the following year, either as a one-off payment or instalments.
We are committed to providing funding in an ethical, independent and transparent way, with ongoing proper project governance. As well as evaluation by our grants committee and board, we work with independent research and medical panels for the additional review of research applications when needed.
What we fund
Tour de Cure is cancer-agnostic, so we consider applications for all forms of cancer. Our funding goes towards research into diagnosis and treatment, as well as supporting clinical trials and projects to support cancer survivors.
But because every dollar we raise is hard-earned, we try to find the best projects and researchers to support. Our grant categories include:
Senior researches, with either a proven track record or significant potential
Mid-career scientists/researchers
Early career scientists/researchers
Postgraduate research students and PhD candidates
Support
Community
Local
How to apply
Complete EOI between 1 - 21 August 2024, compromises of a brief application form
EOI will then be notified in September 2024 (dates still to be confirmed and will be set by shortly), if your EOI has progressed to the second round.
Successful grantees will be invited to submit their full application in late September to late October AEST 2024
Successful grantees will be notified Mid December 2024
Successful grantees will receive grant payment in March 2025
You can access the Tour de Cure Grant Guidelines here, to find out if your are eligible to apply
Example of a Grant Expression of Interest application form here. (2023 EOI Application, this will be updated shortly)
Tour de Cure Smarty Grants application page will be open 1 to 21 August 2024 only, link here.
Past projects
Here’s just a few examples of the projects we’ve helped to fund:
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Research: Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Dr Sean Porazinski received a $50,000 Mid-Career Researcher Grant for his research into the development of novel pre-clinical pipelines to provide individualised treatments for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).
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Research: University of South Australia
Dr Lisa Ebert received a $100,000 Senior Researcher Grant for her project on the development of a new therapy for glioblastoma based on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells.
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Local: The Turban Angels
The Made With Love Free Chemotherapy Turban Project received a $10,000 Local Grant for a group of volunteer women to sew headwear for people suffering hair loss due to cancer treatment.
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Community: Cancer Navigator – Darkinjung Country
This $100,000 Community Grant provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living on the Central Coast who are newly diagnosed or living with cancer ongoing support and care coordination.
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Partnership Grants: You Can Stay
Tour de Cure, in partnership with Quest and the Sony Foundation, have funded a three-year program to provide accommodation for youth cancer patients from regional and remote communities, and their families, when travelling to a city hospital for treatment and related services.
