2020 Career Support Funds Granted
In 2020, the Cancer Institute NSW funded $3.3 million in cancer research fellowships supporting emerging and established researchers in NSW.
2020 Career Development Fellowships
Career Development Fellowships are for mid-career researchers who demonstrate the potential to undertake research that will have major significance to cancer outcomes.
| Administering Institution | Grantee | Grant Title | Funding (excl. GST) | |
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Cancer Council NSW |
Dr Kate Simms | Evaluating Novel Interventions To Facilitate Cervical Cancer Elimination Across Low-And-Middle-Income Countries And High-Income Countries: A Modelled Evaluation. |
$564,136 |
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University of New South Wales |
Dr Maarit Laaksonen |
Improving cancer prevention, early detection and outcomes through novel applications of cancer burden methods to large linked health data. |
$150,000 |
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University of New South Wales |
Dr Wei Deng |
New therapeutic option for lymph node metastasis in rectal cancer: radiation-triggered photodynamic therapy in deep tissue. |
$517,454 |
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$1,231,590 |
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2020 Early Career Fellowships
Early Career Fellowships are aimed at encouraging researchers to build on their research capability and become leaders of their own research team.
| Administering Institution | Grantee | Grant Title | Funding (excl. GST) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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University of New South Wales |
Dr Anthony Glover |
The Endocrine Cancer Research Program |
$540,000 |
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University of New South Wales |
Dr Natalia Castano Rodriguez |
Understanding the tumour-promoting functions of autophagy in gastric carcinogenesis |
$598,636 |
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The University of Sydney |
Dr Paul Zhi Yuan Liu |
Upright radiotherapy for improved lung cancer treatment outcomes |
$355,000 |
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The University of Sydney |
Dr David Waddington |
Personalising cancer radiation therapy via dynamic MRI-based adaptation to changing tumour anatomy and biology |
$583,100 |
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$2,076,736 |
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