2021 Career Support Funds Granted
In 2021, we delivered almost $5.5 million across 11 fellowships, supporting both new and established cancer researchers in NSW.
Career Development Fellowships are for mid-career researchers who demonstrate the potential to undertake research that will have major significance to cancer outcomes.
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Early Career Fellowships are aimed at encouraging researchers to build on their research capability and become leaders of their own research team.
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2021 Career Development Fellowships
Dr Liz Caldon is one of three researchers awarded a Career Development Fellowship in 2021 for their pivotal contribution to the future of cancer research in Australia.
Dr Caldon's research focus is to improve outcomes for people who develop therapy-resistant breast cancer.
View all esteemed recipients of the 2021 Career Development Fellowships below.
| Administering Institution | Grantee | Grant Title | Funding (excl. GST) | |
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The University of Wollongong |
Dr Kara Vine | Localised Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer: Priming the tumour microenvironment to enhance tumour immunity to checkpoint blockade |
$592,978 |
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University of New South Wales |
A new target to improve cancer survival: endocrine tolerant cells in late recurring breast cancer |
$150,000 |
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University of New South Wales |
Dr Robert Weatheritt |
P-bodies: a novel mechanism driving triple negative breast cancer? |
$498,995 |
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$1,241,973 |
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2021 Early Career Fellowships
Dr Tuba Nur Gide is one of 8 researchers in NSW we supported in 2021 with an Early Career Fellowship.
Dr Gide's research investigates using precision medicine to deliver effective immunotherapy treatment for advanced cancer patients.
View all esteemed recipients of the 2021 Early Career Fellowships below.
| Administering Institution | Grantee | Grant Title | Funding (excl. GST) | |
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University of New South Wales |
Dr Ursula Sansom-Daly | Safe-guarding the mental health of adolescents and young adults with cancer and the professionals who care for them |
$300,000 |
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University of New South Wales |
Dr Ksenia Skvortsova |
Rescuing tumour-suppressor gene activity to cure follicular lymphoma |
$488,660 |
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University of New South Wales |
Dr Christina Signorelli |
Lessening the impact of cancer: improving the quality of life and Australian survivors of childhood cancer |
$599,835 |
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University of New South Wales |
Enhancing precision medicine for paediatric sarcoma patients through phosphoproteomics |
$569,071 |
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The University of Sydney |
Dr Camelia Quek |
Dissecting novel immunotherapeutic resistance and progression in advanced melanoma |
$533,558 |
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The University of Sydney |
Clinical implementation of the Personalised Immunotherapy Platform as a comprehensive predictive tool to inform the drug treatment of advanced cancer patients |
$574,334 |
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The University of Sydney |
Dr Jolyn Hersch |
Ensuring ethical and flexible consent in cancer genomic research and clinical practice |
$590,000 |
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The University of Newcastle |
Dr Shafiq Syed |
From Benchside to Bedside: Development of novel targeted strategies for the prevention and conservative management of obesity-driven endometrial cancer |
$599,721 |
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$4,255,179 |
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