2015 Research Infrastructure Grants Funded

Research Infrastructure Grants (RIG)
The Research Infrastructure Grants Program is directed to providing substantial funding for key research platforms, core equipment and capacities to enhance the cancer research effort in NSW. These grants support capacity development and greater levels of collaboration across the cancer research sector.

Grant ID	Recipient	Project Title	Administering Institution	Translational Cancer Research Centre/Unit	Funded
2015/RIG101	Professor Murray Norris	Continuing infrastructure support for highly skilled professional staff to manage the ACRF Drug Discovery Centre for Childhood Cancer, a world-class drug discovery and high throughput chemical screening facility	The University of New South Wales	Kids Cancer Alliance	$300,000
2015/RIG105	Professor Glenn Marshall	Prospective biobanking of child cancer samples for precision medicine and research	The University of New South Wales	Kids Cancer Alliance	$300,000
2015/RIG106	Professor Rodney Scott	Advanced Technical Support for Oncology Single Cell Analysis Technologies	University of Newcastle	Hunter Cancer Research Alliance	$300,000
2015/RIG107	Professor John Forbes	The Hunter Cancer Biobank (HCB): Maximising community value through validation, annotation and distribution throughout NSW	University of Newcastle	Hunter Cancer Research Alliance	$300,000
2015/RIG110	Dr Steven Kao	Expanding the Asbestos Diseases Research Institute (ADRI) biobank to create a state-wide repository for research into thoracic cancers	Asbestos Diseases Research Institute	Sydney Catalyst	$300,000
2015/RIG114	Professor Anthony Gill	The further expansion, maintenance and deployment of a tissue bank of paraffin blocks containing cancers to mirror and expand frozen tissue tumour bank assets	The University of Sydney	Sydney Vital	$284,325
2015/RIG116	Professor Anna deFazio	Next-generation cancer biobanking: Adding value to the SW-TCRC Gynaecological Oncology Biobank at Westmead	The University of Sydney	Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre	$288,812
2015/RIG117	Professor Graham Mann	Continuing infrastructure support for a senior flow cytometry specialist to manage and operate the expanded Westmead Research Hub (WRH) flow cytometry core facility in the purpose built Hub Core Facility Platform	The University of Sydney	Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre	$300,000
2015/RIG118	Professor Christine Clarke	Collecting and managing data: a key component of support of translational research by the Australian Breast Cancer Tissue Bank	The University of Sydney	Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre	$300,000
2015/RIG121	Professor Des Raymond Richardson	Advanced Technical Support for the Open Access, Multi-Disciplinary Sydney Cancer Research Core Facility	The University of Sydney	Sydney Catalyst	$272,876
2015/RIG122	Professor Roger Reddel	CellBank Australia: improving the quality, reproducibility and credibility of cell culture-based preclinical cancer research	The University of Sydney	Kids Cancer Alliance	$300,000
2015/RIG123	Professor Wolfgang Weninger	Intravital Imaging Specialist to Support Cancer Research at Sydney Catalyst Microscopy Facilities	The University of Sydney	Sydney Catalyst	$291,431
2015/RIG124	Professor Susan Clark	Continuing Infrastructure Support for the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) Facility (Garvan Molecular Genetics) for the Molecular Genetics of Cancer	Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Sydney Catalyst	$300,000
$3,837,444

2015 Research Infrastructure Grants Funded

Research Infrastructure Grants (RIG)