Funding Guidance
CoLab's research funding is highly competitive, and institutional boundaries or processes do not constrain us. We fund research to de-risk early-stage ideas, avoid duplication across institutions, and focus resources where they will have the greatest impact.
Funding research and innovation with clear potential for impact
Spanning diagnosis through to survivorship, our grant funding addresses the full spectrum of childhood cancer challenges. Funding is available through structured rounds aligned to our Impact Programs. We do not accept unsolicited funding applications.
Funding principles
Children's Cancer CoLab grant funding is guided by our key funding principles.
Grant conditions
All grants awarded by Children's Cancer CoLab must follow our grant conditions.
Key funding dates
Clinicians and researchers wanting to apply for a Children's Cancer CoLab grant are encouraged to join our mailing list for timely alerts about upcoming funding rounds and deadlines.
Funding guidelines
Next-Gen Therapies funding guidelines
Breakthrough treatments for the hardest-to-treat childhood cancers.
Safer Therapies funding guidelines
Approaches that minimise treatment-related toxicities and improve quality of life.
Future Leaders funding guidelines
Australia’s talent pipeline in paediatric oncology research and care.
CoLab and Maddie Riewoldt's Vision Fellowship funding guidelines
Enable a clinician-researcher to accelerate breakthroughs at the intersection of Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes and paediatric oncology.
FAQs for 2025-2026 funding round
Researchers and clinicians - if you have a question about our 2025-2026 funding round, view our FAQs.
Survivorship National Landscape Assessment EOI instructions
CoLab is commissioning a landscape assessment to examine current supportive care and survivorship services and to identify where change is needed.
Lived experience review process video
Discover how CoLab's lived experience review process works with Dr Sarah Stewart, our Impact Program Manager, and two of our lived experience reviewers, Lucy Francazio and Bridgette Veneris.
Funding information video
Watch our video to learn how researchers and clinicians can access up to $4 million in 2025 - 2026 across our Next-Generation Therapies, Safer Therapies, Future Leaders Impact Programs and other opportunities.
Apply for a grant through our online portal
Ensure you have read our funding guidance pages before you apply.
Funded projects
Our Impact Program funding is allocated through a competitive process underpinned by robust expert review.
