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The Cancer Institute NSW initiated the research infrastructure program because it was recognised that the availability of research infrastructure is vital to ensuring that cancer research capacity and quality continues to expand in NSW.

Previous outcomes

Here you can find details of the outcomes of past and currently funded grants in this program stream, including example application forms and guidelines.

2013

Research Equipment Grants (REG)

Research Equipment Grants are directed to providing substantial funding for key research platforms, core equipment and capacities to enhance the cancer research effort in NSW. These grants will support capability development and greater levels of collaboration across the cancer research sector. Research Equipment Grants are open to members of Translational Cancer Research Centres and Units.

Application Form

Guidelines

 

2012

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.
RIG - Advanced technical assistance for state-wide major research equipment
# Recipient Project Title Administering Institution Translational Cancer Research Centre/Unit
Funded
12/RIG/1-01 Prof Robert Baxter MALDI MS Imaging for Cancer Biomarker Discovery in the Northern Translational Cancer Research Unit University of Sydney Northern Translational Cancer Research Unit
$299,334
12/RIG/1-02 A/Prof Michael Buckley Implementation of Cancer Genomic testing for sporadic cancers South Eastern Sydney Local Health District Translational Cancer Research Network
$211,623
12/RIG/1-03 A/Prof Susan Clark Continuing Infrastructure Support for the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (SCRF) Facility for the Molecular Genetics of Cancer Garvan Institute of Medical Research Sydney Catalyst
$300,000
12/RIG/1-07 Prof Graham Mann Continuing Infrastructure Support for a flow cytometry specialist to manage and operate the expanded Westmead Research Hub Flow Cytometry Centre University of Sydney Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre
$300,000
12/RIG/1-10 Prof Murray Norris Uniquely skilled professional staff to operate & manage the ACRF Drug Discovery Centre for Childhood Cancer, a world-class drug discovery and high throughput chemical screening facility University of New South Wales Kids cancer Alliance
$300,000
12/RIG/1-11 Prof Des Richardson Advanced Technical Support for the Open Access, Multi-Disciplinary Sydney Cancer Research Core Facility. University of Sydney Sydney Catalyst
$236,153
RIG - Advanced technical support for biobanks
12/RIG/1-16 Prof Christine Clarke Data collection and management for the Australian Breast Cancer Tissue Bank University of Sydney Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre
$300,000
12/RIG/1-17 A/Prof Anna de Fazio Enhancement of the Gynaecological Oncology Biobank at Westmead and creation of a Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre (SW-TCRC) Bio-specimens Hub University of Sydney Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre
$281,161
12/RIG/1-18 Prof John Forbes The Hunter Cancer Biobank (HCB): Maximising community value through validation, annotation and distribution throughout NSW University of Newcastle Hunter Translational Cancer Research Unit
$292,300
12/RIG/1-19 A/Prof Anthony Gill The creation of a readily accessible and clinically annotated tissue bank of paraffin c blocks containing tumour to mirror and expand frozen tissue collected by the Kolling Tumour Banks University of Sydney Northern Translational Cancer Research Unit
$276,971
12/RIG/1-23 Prof Glenn Marshall 'Crossing the Divide': an integrated public biobank for child cancer researchers University of New South Wales Kids cancer Alliance
$300,000
12/RIG/1-25 Prof Roger Reddel CellBank Australia: Rapid, easy access to novel and essential cancer cell lines and cell line authentication services to enable internationally competitive cancer research. Children's Medical Research Institute Kids cancer Alliance
$300,000
Total awarded $3,397,542

2011

Research Equipment Grants (REG)

These Research Equipment Grants are directed to providing substantial funding for key research platforms, core equipment and capacities to enhance the cancer research effort in NSW. These grants will support capability development and greater levels of collaboration across the cancer research sector.

Application Form

Full Guidelines
# Recipient Project Title Administering
Institution		 Funded
11/REG/1-01 Prof Christine Clarke High Speed Cell Sorter for Flow Cytometry Core Facility University of Sydney $550,000
11/REG/1-02 Prof Des Richardson Seahorse Extracellular Flux (XF) Analyzer for the Multi-Disciplinary Sydney Cancer Research Core Facility University of Sydney $315,000
11/REG/1-05 Prof Gary Halliday A small animal bioimaging facility for monitoring cancer cells and molecules in vivo University of Sydney $290,136
11/REG/1-06 A/Prof Richard Lock A high end multilaser flow cytometry analyser for the University of New South Wales/Children's Cancer Institute Australia Cancer Research Hub University of New South Wales $355,000
11/REG/1-07 Prof Peter Gunning Imaging cellular responses with super resolution microscopy and optical tweezers University of New South Wales $350,000
11/REG/1-08 Dr Greg Arndt Integrated high content imaging system for drug discovery University of New South Wales $650,000
11/REG/1-10 Dr Warren Kaplan High Performance Computing And Data Storage To Empower Cancer Researchers In NSW To Do Their Own Next-Generation Sequencing Analyses Garvan Institute of Medical Research $736,887
11/REG/1-11 A/Prof Mark Molloy Higher sensitivity and deeper proteome analysis for cancer research using the newest generation Orbitrap mass spectrometer Macquarie University $646,175
11/REG/1-13 Prof Philip Doble Three dimensional lymph node imaging: Improving detection of sentinel nodes to reduce false negatives University of Technology, Sydney $447,155
11/REG/1-14 Dr Michael Buckley The implementation of next generation sequencing in cancer genetic diagnosis South Eastern Sydney Local Health District $507,127
11/REG/1-15 Prof Roger Daly A triple quadrupole mass spectrometer for biomarker verification and validation and cancer systems biology. Garvan Institute of Medical Research $341,025
Total awarded $5,188,505

2010

Research Equipment Grants

These Research Equipment Grants are directed to providing substantial funding for key research platforms, core equipment and capacities to enhance the cancer research effort in NSW. These grants will support capability development and greater levels of collaboration across the cancer research sector.

Application Form

Full Guidelines
# Recipient Project Title Administering
Institution		 Funded
10/REG/1-02 Richard Christopherson A mass spectrometer for multiple reaction monitoring to validate cancer biomarkers University of Sydney $492,177
10/REG/1-03 Christine Clarke Facilities for cryogenic storage and transport of tissue bank materials University of Sydney $105,501
10/REG/1-05 Peter Greer Equipment to assess the accuracy of image-guided and advanced technology used in multi-centre radiotherapy clinical trials Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG) $94,058
10/REG/1-09 Warren Kaplan High-performance computing and data storage for the empowerment of Cancer Researchers in NSW Garvan Institute of Medical Research $237,986
10/REG/1-10 Dr Zdenka Kuncic The NSW Advanced Computing Facility for Cancer Research University of Sydney $55,016
10/REG/1-11 Deborah Marsh In-Vivo Multispectral Imaging FX System: small animal imaging for multi-modal molecular signal localisation in live animals University of Sydney $250,000
10/REG/1-12 Kerrie McDonald Real-time monitoring of cancer cell invasion and migration University of New South Wales $102,456
10/REG/1-13 Mark Molloy A mass spectrometer for cancer biomarker research Macquarie University $500,000
10/REG/1-14 Tri Phan Molecular imaging using fluorescent laser scanning confocal endomicroscopy for cancer surveillance in Barrett's esophagus and ulcerative colitis. University of New South Wales $148,260
10/REG/1-16 Des Richardson GenomeLab GeXP Genetic Analysis System for the Multi-Disciplinary Sydney Cancer Gene Expression Facility University of Sydney $97,438
10/REG/1-17 Freddy Sitas Freezers and laboratory information system for Cancer Council NSW Biobank. Cancer Council NSW $247,000
10/REG/1-18 Stuart Tangye An Influx Cell Sorter to upgrade the Garvan Institute/St Vincent's research precinct flow cytometry facility Garvan Institute of Medical Research $500,000
10/REG/1-19 Nico van Zandwijk Malignant Mesothelioma Biobank Bernie Banton Asbestos Research Centre, Concord $89,899
10/REG/1-20 Philip Vial Making radiotherapy safer and more accurate: Developing detector technology for the next generation in treatment verification systems Sydney South West Area Health Service (SSWAHS) $198,000
10/REG/1-21 Wolfgang Weninger High speed 3D live cell imaging of cancer genesis, growth, metastasis and death. University of Sydney $328,425
10/REG/1-23 Geraldine O'Neill Westmead Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy (CLEM) Suite. Children`s Hospital at Westmead $290,000

2009

Cooperative Clinical Trials Infrastructure Grants

These Cooperative Clinical Trials Infrastructure Grants will focus on the establishment and development of collaborations across several national or other cooperative clinical trials groups, utilising shared infrastructure.
# Recipient Project Title Administering
Institution		 Funded
09/CIG/1-01 Dr Meera Agar NSW Palliative Care Clinical trials Collaborative Research Group University of New South Wales $528,507
09/CIG/1-02 A/Prof Val Gebski Biostatistics, quality assurance and data systems for Cancer Trial Groups activities based at the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre University of Sydney $1,757,469
09/CIG/1-03 Dr Geoff McCowage New mechanisms to facilitate collaborative efforts for paediatric cancer clinical trials. The Children`s Hospital at Westmead $697,387
09/CIG/1-04 Prof John Simes Development and operational support for AGITG and ANZGOG through the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre: A NSW-led initiative. University of Sydney $1,745,788
09/CIG/1-05 Dr Martin Stockler Development and operational support for ALTG, ANZUP and COGNO through the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre: A NSW-led initiative. University of Sydney $925,917

 

Research Equipment Grants

The Research Equipment Grants are for the establishment or further development of larger key infrastructure that is widely accessible to cancer researchers in NSW and will develop key research platforms and technologies.
# Recipient Project Title Administering
Institution		 Funded
09/REG/1-02 A/Prof Barbara Fazekas de St Groth Next generation high speed cell sorter for cytometry and imaging facility University of Sydney $760,000
09/REG/1-03 A/Prof Katharina Gaus Molecular microscopy for cancer cell biology University of New South Wales $500,000
09/REG/1-06 Dr Mark Raftery Orbitrap XL mass spectrometer with Electron Transfer Dissociation and multidimensional LC for Cancer proteomics and protein phosphorylation research projects. University of New South Wales $952,471
09/REG/1-07 Prof Des Richardson PALM Microbeam Laser Microdissection (LM) Microscope for the Multi-User Sydney Cancer Gene Expression Facility University of Sydney $632,578
09/REG/1-08 Prof Phillip Robinson A superior mass spectrometry system for ultra-sensitive cancer phosphoproteomics Children's Medical Research Institute $979,371

 

Research Infrastructure Grants

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.

Application Form 1

Application Form 2

Full Guidelines
# Recipient Project Title Administering
Institution		 Funded
09/RIG/1-10 Prof Roger Reddel Cellbank Australia Children's Medical Research Institute $660,000
09/RIG/1-08 Dr Peter O`Brien Delivering improvements in cancer treatment through high quality cooperative group clinical trials. Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group Ltd - Infrastructure TROG Cancer Research $657,000
09/RIG/1-19 Prof Christine Clarke Breast Cancer Tissue Bank - data collection and management infrastructure. University of Sydney $450,000
09/RIG/1-14 Dr Mathew Vadas Manager Imaging and Cytometry and Imaging Specialist for expanded Centenary Institute flow and imaging facility University of Sydney $330,000
09/RIG/1-02 Dr Andrew Biankin Primary Xenografts of Extensively Characterised Human Pancreatic Cancer Garvan Institute of Medical Research $330,000
09/RIG/1-03 Dr Warren Kaplan Infrastructure Support for the ACRF Genomics Bioinformatics Facility Garvan Institute of Medical Research $330,000
09/RIG/1-18 A/Prof Susan Clark Continuing infrastructure support for the ACRF Genomics Facility Garvan Institute of Medical Research $330,000
09/RIG/1-22 Prof Michelle Haber Highly skilled staff to manage and operate a world-class high-throughput chemical small molecule library drug discovery centre University of New South Wales $330,000
09/RIG/1-21 Prof John Forbes Provision of non-physical infrastructure support to enhance the breast cancer clinical trials research activities of the ANZ BCTG and it's ability to build productive research collaborations. University of Newcastle $330,000
09/RIG/1-13 Prof Phyllis Butow The Psycho-oncology Co-operative Research Group: infrastructure to support operational activity and facility management to further psychosocial research and quality of life studies in clinical trials. University of Sydney $330,000
$4,077,000

2008

Research Equipment Grants

These Research Equipment Grants are directed to providing substantial funding for key research platforms, core equipment and capacities to enhance the cancer research effort in NSW.  These grants will support capability development and greater levels of collaboration across the cancer research sector.
# Recipient Project Title Administering
Institution		 Funded
08/REG/1-04 Prof Phillip Robinson A Mass Spectrometer for NSW Cancer Phosphoproteomics Research. Children's Medical Research Institute $300,000
08/REG/1-05 Dr Alexander Swarbrick An IVIS® Lumina II in vivo Imaging System for live imaging of mouse models of cancer. Garvan Institute of Medical Research $300,000
08/REG/1-06 Prof Rodney Scott Mass array technology for the identification of genetic variation associated with cancer initiation and progression. University of Newcastle $260,000
08/REG/1-07 Dr Jeanette Sakoff An Automated Work Station composed of three components including a Spectrophotometer (SpectraMax), liquid dispenser (AquaMax) and a plate stacker (RapidStak). Calvary Mater Newcastle $70,063
08/REG/1-09 Prof Graham Mann High-throughput virtual microscopy and data warehouse system. University of Sydney $293,886
08/REG/1-10 Prof Leonie Ashman IVIS Lumina II fluorescence and bioluminescence imager for in vivo analysis of tumour growth and metastasis in mouse models. University of Newcastle $153,200
08/REG/1-15 Prof Wolfgang Weninger Multi-photon microscope for intravital imaging. University of Sydney $300,000
08/REG/1-22 Dr Megan Hitchins xCELLigence RTCA MP cell analyser and incubator for the non-invasive monitoring of living cells and their response to drugs. University of New South Wales $196,418
08/REG/1-24 A/Prof Nicholas Hawkins Aperio Scan Scope Virtual Slide Scanner for collaborative cancer histopathology. University of New South Wales $300,000
08/REG/1-25 Dr Matthew Williams Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) phantom and associated dosimetry equipment. Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group Limited (TROG) $84,157
08/REG/1-29 A/Prof Susan Clark The xCELLigence System Real-Time Cell Analyzer to dynamically monitor cell viability and proliferation effects of epigenetic modifiers in cancer cells. Garvan Institute of Medical Research $81,999
$2,339,723

 

2005-2007

Research Infrastructure Grants

Research Equipment Grants
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