About ACRF
Your lifesaving impact
With 2 in 5 Australians diagnosed with cancer before the age of 85 and the remaining 3 closely affected by a diagnosis, sadly many of us know the devastating impact of cancer.
At Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF), we know that only brilliant ideas can tackle something as big as cancer. We back bold, brave and brilliant research that has the potential to accelerate the prevention, detection and treatment of ALL types of cancer.
Your generosity means that ACRF can provide scientists with technology needed for research breakthroughs that help each individual diagnosed with this complex and disruptive disease.
Thank you for helping us back brilliant.
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Backing research across Australia since 1984
We’ve provided almost $184 million of funding to 86 cancer research projects across 44 institutions Australia-wide.
Large grants that make a real impact
Annually we award grants of between $1 million and $10 million to visionary cancer research projects.
Funding the technology so cancer research can go further and faster
We give researchers cutting-edge equipment that drives innovation and ultimately - saves millions of lives.
The ACRF Medical Research Advisory Committee (MRAC)
Our highly esteemed Medical Research Advisory Committee (MRAC) reviews, evaluates and provides recommendations on ACRF’s research grant funding applications.
