Call for Applications: Tour de Cure Grant Program (Australia)

Tour de Cure is cancer-agnostic, so they consider applications for all forms of cancer. The funding goes towards research into diagnosis and treatment, as well as supporting clinical trials and projects to support cancer survivors.

What they fund?

• Every dollar they raise is hard-earned, they try to find the best projects and researchers to support. The 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

Funding Areas

• Research Grants 
  • Research Projects are supported that improve cancer outcomes and help find a cure for cancer. They fund all types of cancer research projects and are proud to support some of Australia’s leading medical research institutes and researchers. They also offer funding to the most talented cancer research leaders of tomorrow.
  • They find and fund research that, among other things:
    • Prevents cancer and the related health consequences;
    • Develops new treatments or medicines;
    • Improves cancer detection and diagnosis;
    • Improves quality of life;
    • Improves understanding of different cancers;
    • Supports clinical trials.
  • specific projects that will be funded include:
    • Senior Research Grants
    • Pioneering Research Grants
    • Mid-Career Research Grants
    • Early Career Research Grants
    • Prevention Research Grant
    • PhD Support Scholarships
    • ‘Tour de Cure – Foundation for Surgery’ Fellowship
    • Research Matching Grants
    • Enabling Matching Grants
• Support Grants 
  • Support Projects are directed at supporting those patients and their families who are on the journey of cancer treatment. Cancer takes a significant emotional, physical and financial toll on those it affects. Nobody should have to face cancer alone. They find and fund cancer support projects that make all the difference to patients, families, caregivers and communities – from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
  • They fund support projects that:
    • Connect people living with cancer, helping them to share experiences and build supportive relationships;
    • Support people through the impact of diagnosis, giving them strategies to cope;
    • Offer practical help through treatment and beyond;
    • Provide financial support and assistance to those experiencing hardship;
    • Bring respite to families and caregivers;
    • Create hope in the face of this terrible disease;
    • Help them to understand the emotional and physical support that people need when they are living with cancer.
• Local Grant
  • Cancer can be an isolating experience, particularly for people living in regional communities, where access to care and support can be incredibly limited.
• Prevention Grants
  • Prevention projects are focused on those factors that will minimise the incidence of cancer and increase education and awareness of the steps that can be taken within the community to prevent cancer. Many people think that getting cancer is down to genes, fate, or bad luck.
  • Some previously funded examples include projects focused on the benefit to cancer prevention of:
    • Keeping a healthy bodyweight;
    • Enjoying the sun safely;
    • Staying active;
    • Cutting back on alcohol;
    • Eating a healthy, balanced diet;
    • Not smoking;
    • Cancer prevention or awareness programs for indigenous or culturally diverse groups.

Funding Information

• Senior Research Grants: Funding Available up to $200,000.
• Pioneering Research Grants: Funding Available up to $100,000.
• Mid-Career Research Grants: Funding Available up to $100,000.
• Early Career Research Grants: Funding Available up to $100,000.
• Prevention Research Grant: Funding Available up to $100,000.
• PhD Support Scholarships: Funding Available up to $10,000 each (up to 10 in total per grant round);
• ‘Tour de Cure – Foundation for Surgery’ Fellowship: Funding Available: Up to $100,000 (when matched, funding will total up to $200,000).
• Research Matching Grants: Funding Available up to $100,000 (when matched, funding will total up to $200,000).
• Enabling Matching Grants: Funding Available up to $50,000 (when matched, funding will total up to $100,000).
• Support Grant: Funding Available up to $100,000.
• Local Grant: Funding Available up to $10,000.
• Prevention Grants: Funding Available up to $100,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Common Criteria: Open to applicants from any Eligible Organisation. The lead investigator must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident as at the closing date of application.
• Senior Research Grants
  • Demonstration of a nationally or internationally competitive research program. Applicants must show evidence of a sustained scientific output in cancer research over at least five years. This may include publications, previous funding, recognition, invited presentations, contribution to discipline, patents, and translation into policy/practice.
• Pioneering Research Grants
  • Demonstration that the proposed project is a novel and/or potentially ground-breaking area of research that is likely to open up new areas of research and provide new insights into cancer diagnosis or treatment.
• Mid-Career Research Grants
  • Open to applicants within any Eligible Organisation who are within five to 10 years of PhD award or equivalent research doctorate as at the closing date of the Primary Application process in any given year. The PhD award date is defined as the date on the testamur. If a candidate received their PhD or equivalent research doctorate over 10 years ago, they may still be eligible by providing details of any significant career disruption that may be taken into consideration by the Grant Committee.
• Early Career Research Grants
  • Open to applicants within any Eligible Organisation who are within five years of PhD award or equivalent research doctorate as at the closing date of the Primary Application process in any given year. The PhD award date is defined as the date on the testamur. If a candidate received their PhD or equivalent research doctorate over five years ago, they may still be eligible by providing details of any significant career disruption that may be taken into consideration by the Committee.
• Prevention Research Grant
  • Letter of support from the Eligible Organisation.
• PhD Support Scholarships
  • Open to applicants within any Eligible Organisation who are currently enrolled in a full-time program of research consistent with the objectives of Tour de Cure, leading to the awarding of a PhD or equivalent research doctorate; and
  • Applicants must be current holders of a PhD scholarship (a university research training program, NHMRC scholarship or equivalent).
• ‘Tour de Cure – Foundation for Surgery’ Fellowship
  • Applications for this Scholarship are open to Fellows of the College, and Trainees or International Medical Graduates on a pathway to Fellowship.
• Research Matching Grants
  • Open to any Eligible Organisation subject to contribution of a matching amount (up to $100,000) from their own fundraising to Tour de Cure.
• Enabling Matching Grants
  • Open to any Eligible Organisation subject to contribution of a matching amount from their own fundraising to Tour de Cure.
• Support Grants
  • Open to any Eligible Organisation or as otherwise provided for in the Tour de Cure Trust Deed.
• Local Grant
  • Open to any Eligible Organisation operating within a community associated with a Tour de Cure event.
• Prevention Grants
  • Open to any Eligible Organisation.

For more information, visit Tour de Cure.