


Our Grants Make Research Happen
Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation has supported South Australia's world-class medical research and service organisations for 45 years
Research undertaken in basic science projects, clinical studies or community-based studies in any area of children’s health, education and welfare may be supported, with some weighting given in the grant review process to proposals considered by the Research Committee to address the current priority areas of young minds, chronic illness and disability, fetal development, and systems of care and education.
Explore The Research We Fund And The Outcomes Achieved
2022 Research Grants


New study to help children with most severe epilepsy
Media Release: University of South Australia … New research from the University of South Australia could deliver a breakthrough for
New research to block the action of damaged genes may reverse rare and devastating childhood illnesses
Media Release : The University of Adelaide … It is one thing to track down and define genetic disorders, but
CRF Announces $1.5M in grants to take children’s research to new heights in 2022
South Australian researchers have been awarded $1.5million in grants by the Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation to conduct quality research2021 Research Grants

2021 Annual Report; 45 years funding research to improve the lives of children.
We are proud to report that since 1976, the Foundation has given $43.5M (in today’s dollars) in grant funding to
Survivors of domestic abuse can shatter the cycle of domestic violence
It’s a commonly held belief that children who grow up with domestic violence are more likely to perpetuate domestic abuse
Creating positive educational futures for young people who are at risk of, or are already in, out-of-home care
Chief Investigator: Dr Priscilla Dunk-West Research Area: Improving child protection and its effects. Community Based Study. Funding Year: 2021 Funding
Defining endotypes in infant bronchiolitis: the first step toward personalised treatment
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Dani Dixon Research Area: Basic Science Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount: $93,493 Recipient: Flinders University Overview:2020 Research Grants
Early in life outcomes of children of mothers with child protection system involvement. What factors are protective and what factors predict poorer infant outcomes?
Chief Investigator: Professor Leonie Segal Research Area: Improving child protection and its effects. Community Based Study. Funding Year: 2020 FundingThe crossover of children from OOHC into youth justice: identifying opportunities for early intervention
Chief Investigator: Dr Catia Malvaso Research Area: Improving child protection and its effects. Funding Amount: $95,850 Recipient: The University ofEvaluation of ex vivo human CD4 T cell immune response against peanut allergens for a novel therapeutic peanut allergy vaccine
Chief Investigator: Preethi Eldi (Early Career Researcher) Research Area: Food Allergy. Funding Amount: $38,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview:Psychiatric medication use in Australian children and adolescents: patterns, predictors and outcomes
Chief Investigator: Julie Klau (Early Career Researcher) Research Area: Mental Health. Funding Amount: $36,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview:2019 Research Grants

Prescribing of psychiatric drugs to Australian kids on the rise
Media Release: University of Adelaide… Australian doctors are prescribing more psychiatric drugs to children and adolescents, researchers from the UniversityDeveloping a new therapeutic for childhood acute myeloid leukaemia
Chief Investigator: Dr Mingfeng Yu Research Area: Basic Science Funding Amount: $ 35,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: InA pre-clinical evaluation of an innovative DNA-based vaccination regimen to protect women of childbearing age against Zika virus during sexual transmission
Chief Investigator: Dr Danushka Wijesundara Research Area: Basic Science Funding Amount: $ 74,785 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Since2018 Research Grants
A therapeutic for infant acute lung injury: minimising immune-mediated damage to developing lungs during respiratory infection
Chief Investigator: Miss Elena Cavallaro Funding Amount: $34,874 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Bronchiolitis and pneumonia are leading causes of infantWarming and humidifying inspiratory gases to minimise lung injury during resuscitation of extremely preterm infants.
Chief Investigator: Dr Scott Morris Funding Amount: $31,350 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Extremely preterm babies have a high risk ofGetting into the Game: Evaluation of advanced movement skills of school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder
Chief Investigator: Ms Kerry Evans Funding Amount: $49,651 Recipient: Novita Children’s Services Overview: Almost half of SA children receiving NDISImpact of Phthalate exposure in fathers on programming of offspring neurological phenotype
Chief Investigator: Professor Sarah Robertson Funding Amount: $73,445 Recipient: University of Adelaide Overview: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex2017 Research Grants
Psychosocial risks during pregnancy: The impact of screening and early referral on child outcomes
Chief Investigator: Dr Jacqui Beall Funding Amount: $73,375 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: The first 1,000 days of a child’s life,Investigations into sepsis-induced high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) and effects on neurodevelopment in survivors of neonatal sepsis
Chief Investigator: Dr Kerrilyn Diener Funding Amount: $75,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Preterm babies are particularly vulnerable toImproving the efficiency of cystic fibrosis airway gene therapy
Discipline: Gene Therapy Chief Investigator: Dr Martin Donnelley Funding Amount: $74,213 Recipient: Women’s and Children’s Health Network Overview: Treatments forDevelopment and validation of a new breath test for intestinal function.
Chief Investigator: Dr Roger Yazbek Funding Amount: $74,931 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Existing technologies for detection and monitoring of intestinal2016 Research Grants
On-line and in control: PEACH™ (Parenting, Eating and Activity for Child Health) Lifestyle
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Anthea Magarey, Professor Michelle Miller Funding Amount: $75,000 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Childhood obesity is aImmune Monitoring in Renal Transplantation
Chief Investigator: Paul Henning Funding Amount: $70,000 Recipient: Women’s and Children’s Health Network Overview: Renal transplantation is the optimum treatmentOptimal dietary metal ion uptake and its role in protection against childhood bacterial disease
Chief Investigator: Dr Bart Eijkelkamp Funding Amount: $35,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Nearly 2 billion people worldwide haveInvestigating causes of congenital heart disease using a mouse model with great artery and cardiac outflow tract defects
Chief Investigator: Dr Sophie Wiszniak Funding Amount: $35,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Eight babies are born with aWant to Be A Champion of Children's Research? Enquire With Us Today!

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