To support research into any aspects of cancer, including its causes, mechanisms, prevention, treatment and care, and the organisation and performance of cancer control services. 

Cancer Council NSW Project Grants are:

• open to research projects on any aspect of cancer, including its causes, mechanisms, prevention, treatment and care, and the organisation and performance of cancer control services
• awarded for up to three years
• valued up to $600,000 over three years
• open to all Australian cancer researchers.

Funding:  Up to $600,000 may be available.

Applications for Project Grants funding are received through the National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) Ideas Grants submission and review processes. The NHMRC conducts a peer review on all Ideas Grant applications, the top-ranked applications not funded by NHMRC and assessed as fundable are then subject to an additional review by Cancer Council's Lived Experience Review Panel. The final decision on funding for Project Grants is with Cancer Council.

Project Grants are open to all Australian cancer researchers.

Eligibility 

• A CIA may hold a maximum of two active Project Grants at any one time, including a successful application for a grant round. If one of the CIA's existing grants concludes before 1st April of the following year (so that they would then hold only one active grant), this application will still be eligible for assessment and awarded, if successful.
• A CIA may be named as CIB-CIJ on a maximum of two active Project Grants, including a successful application for a grant round, in addition to their role as CIA on up to two active Project Grants. If one of these grants concludes before 1st April of the following year, this application will still be eligible for assessment and awarded, if successful.
• If the above eligibility criteria is not met, then you are unable to apply for funding as a CIA. You can still apply for funding as a CIB-CIJ.
• A CIA may submit multiple applications in a single grant round; however, only one application may be funded. If more than one application is assessed as fundable, the CIA must nominate which application will proceed to funding.
• The CIA can have a maximum FTE of 1.0
• At least one named and qualified person with Lived Experience (consumer) must be involved in the research proposal. For further guidance, please refer to the Lived Experience Review Guidelines which can be found on Cancer Council's website.
• Applicants applying for funding from both NHMRC and Cancer Council must adhere to both the NHMRC and Cancer Council eligibility criteria and guidelines. For further information on the NHMRC's Ideas Grants, please visit NHMRC's website.
• The list and sequence of all named CIs on the Cancer Council application must be the same as that on the NHMRC Idea's Grant application.
• Current funding recipients applying for new funding should note that Cancer Council must have received all due Annual Progress, Final and Follow-up Reports.

Cross Cancer Council scheme eligibility

• Researchers from any Australian state or territory are eligible to apply for Cancer Council NSW Project Grants.
• Researchers based in South Australia and Western Australia are eligible to apply to Cancer Council in their state AND Cancer Council NSW funding.
• Researchers ineligible to apply for their State’s grant scheme are still eligible to apply for a Cancer Council NSW’s Project Grant.
• Applicants applying for funding from both their state’s grant scheme and a Cancer Council NSW Project Grant must adhere to the relevant scheme’s eligibility criteria and guidelines. If both the state Cancer Council application and Cancer Council NSW Project Grant application are successful, only the Cancer Council NSW Project Grant will be offered. 

• Email: research@nswcc.org.au