Our Grants Make Research Happen

The Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation has been supporting South Australia's world-class medical research and service organisations for over 45 years

Our grants support basic science research, clinical studies or community-based studies into any issues or conditions that may affect children’s health, education or welfare. 

Explore The Research We Fund And The Outcomes Achieved

2022 Research Grants

2020 Research Grants

2019 Research Grants

2018 Research Grants

2017 Research Grants

2016 Research Grants

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Supporting research into the prevention and management of childhood disability and disease
CRF FELLOWSHIPS

Supporting research into the prevention and management of childhood disability and disease

A CRF Fellowship is an exciting opportunity for mid-career researchers to pursue ground-breaking advances in childhood health, education and welfare, in South Australia.

Our CRF Fellowship program is dedicated to the Prevention and/or Management of Childhood Disability and Disease.

Dr Zlatko Kopecki and Associate Professor Luke Grzeskowiak are the inaugural Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation Fellows, and will focus on Childhood Wound Infections and Medicines Use and Safety, respectively.

Our 2023 Research Grant Program

EOI submissions for the 2023 Grant Round OPENS on 21 February 2022.

Each year, our grant program provides funding to support research into all areas of children’s health, education and welfare, and with a particular focus on mental health, obesity, protection and understanding the social determinants of childhood health and development.

Grants may now be awarded up to a maximum of $100,000 per project, or Early Career Grants up to a maximum of $40,000 per project, and may be completed over 1 year or 2 years.

Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation Honorary Chair for the Prevention of Childhood Disability
Professor Jozef Gécz

Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation Honorary Chair for the Prevention of Childhood Disability

The Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation Chair for the Prevention of Childhood Disability was a comprehensive multi-disciplinary research program focused on defining the origins and early diagnosis of childhood disability. Based in Adelaide and led by International Human Genetics expert, Professor Jozef Gécz, the five-year program (mid 2016 to mid 2021) was created to help understand more about the genetic basis of early childhood learning and movement disabilities, intellectual disabilities, early onset epilepsies, and autism.