Established with proceeds from the SAS Channel 7 Adelaide (then SAS10) annual Christmas Appeal telethon, the Foundation today dedicates $1.5 million in grants each year to South Australia’s world-class research organisations, universities, institutes, health services, educational and other organisations that work tirelessly to generate new knowledge and build research capability that’s vital to improving the quality of life for all children.

Since its inception, the Foundation has provided nearly $40 million (today’s measured worth) in grants to over 900 research projects across community-based studies, clinical studies and basic science in the children’s research fields of allied health, fertility and pregnancy, dentistry, education, environment, nursing, medicine, mental health, midwifery and social sciences.

Today, the Foundation is especially committed to advancing knowledge and improvements in the areas of child protection, mental health, reducing obesity, and the impacts that social determinants have on a child’s health and development.

The Foundation is proudly associated with Channel 7 Adelaide and South Australia’s leading research and service organisations of Flinders University, Novita Children’s Services, The University of Adelaide, University of South Australia and the Women’s and Children’s Health Network, which together forms its honorary Board and independent Research Committee.

It’s also a founder and lead funder of the Chair for the Prevention of Childhood Disability, currently headed by Professor Jozef Gécz who in 2019 was named South Australia’s Scientist of the Year at the Science Excellence Awards.

Operating as a registered charity and a not-for-profit incorporated association, where operational efficiency is a priority, the Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation works diligently to increase the funds it provides through the careful management of investment returns from an endowment portfolio, and by seeking and nurturing the charitable giving, corporate partnerships and kind patronage it gratefully receives from Australia’s business and family communities.

An honorary Board oversees the Foundation, and comprises representatives from Channel 7 Adelaide, Novita Children’s Services, the Women’s and Children’s Health Network, The University of Adelaide, Flinders University and the University of South Australia.

CHANNEL 7 ADELAIDE
Mr Paul Jury – CHAIRPERSON
Mr Stephen Woolley – Deputy Chairperson
Ms Libby Rayner

NOVITA CHILDREN’S SERVICES
Mr Greg de Cure

WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH NETWORK
Dr Jennifer Fereday

FLINDERS UNIVERSITY
Professor Ross McKinnon

THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
Professor Sarah Robertson

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Professor Pat Buckley

CO-OPTED BY THE BOARD
Professor Kevin Forsyth

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr Greg Ward

TREASURER
Mr Jonathon Grant

Funding for research projects is granted annually following the review and recommendation of an independent Research Committee, comprising nominees of the Foundation, Flinders University, The University of Adelaide, the University of South Australia and the Women’s and Children’s Health Network.

CO-OPTED BY THE BOARD
Professor Kevin Forsyth – CHAIRPERSON
Dr Rhiannon Pilkington

FLINDERS UNIVERSITY
Dr Scott Morris

THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
Dr Tina Bianco-Miotto

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Professor Leanne Dibbens

WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH NETWORK
Dr Jennifer Fereday

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BOARD
Mr Paul Jury

The Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation is governed by the Rules of the Foundation, in accordance with the Associations Incorporation Act, 1985 as amended.

Rules of the Foundation

2019 Annual Report

2018 Annual Report

2017 Annual Report

Prior Annual Reports are available upon request.