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Early Detection Innovation Grant

Funding Providers

Pankind

Location

Australia Wide

Funding Type

Cash grant G17602

Primary Category

Research

Eligible to

  • Not-for-Profits
  • Individuals
  • Universities
  • Businesses

Funding

Amount (max): $100,000
Total pool: Undisclosed

Round(s)

  • Closes 28-Jul-2025

Purpose

The Early Detection and Diagnosis Grant funds Australian researchers to explore innovative, early-stage approaches for improving the early detection and diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, aiming to generate preliminary data and accelerate project development.

Overview

The Early Detection and Diagnosis Grant will provide funding to Australian researchers to:

  • Encourage new strategies, approaches and methods to detect and diagnose pancreatic cancer earlier
  • Support innovative ideas that have the potential to impact early detection or earlier diagnosis, but may not have extensive preliminary supporting data
  • Answer key feasibility and proof-of-concept questions and arrive at critical project inflection points in an accelerated time frame
  • Support established and/or early career researchers to develop preliminary data and attract additional funding in subsequent years

Criteria for funding:

  • Applications should demonstrate solid rationale and extensive planning
  • Proof-of-concept or exploratory data to demonstrate the feasibility and rationale for your research questions should be detailed sufficiently
  • Applicants should propose an innovative idea that extends beyond incremental improvements to existing technologies
  • Projects focused on cancer prevention rather than early detection and diagnosis are not in the scope of this scheme
  • Applicants must disclose any potential overlap with other current or pending research funding

Limitations

Eligible projects may include, but are not limited to:

  • Computational tools, machine learning approaches or large language models to generate actionable insights
  • Imaging studies
  • Repurposing or adapting tools and methods from other diseases
  • Approaches aimed at enhancing current standards of care
  • Investigation of high risk individuals or groups
  • Only one application per institution may be submitted for each scheme
  • International collaborations are encouraged if the PI is located in Australia.

Applications / Guidelines

Contact Details

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