


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.
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2022 Research Grants


Artificial intelligence for reducing radiation exposure and cancer risk in children
Chief Investigator: Dr Minh-So To Funding Amount : $100,000 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are
A new therapy to improve the life trajectories for the infants of emotionally dysregulated mothers
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Anne Sved Williams Funding Amount : $99,978 Recipient: Women’s and Children’s Health Network Overview: A child’s first 1000-2000 days
A preliminary evaluation of a new approach to improve the antenatal and postnatal care of infants in families experiencing psychosocial adversity
Chief Investigator: Dr Alyssa Sawyer Funding Amount : $99,345 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: The aim of our new intervention is to2021 Research Grants

What helps young people create healthy relationships and reject domestic violence?
Chief Investigator: Dr Fiona Buchanan Research Areas: Improving child protection and its effects. Community Based Study. Funding Year: 2021 Funding
Novel linkage to study childhood disability and the genetic and non-genetic causes of cerebral palsy
Chief Investigator: Dr Jesia Berry Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disorders. Community Based Study. Funding Year:
Using biomechanical tools as a clinical decision-making tool for children with developmental dysplasia of the hip
Chief Investigator: Dr Jasvir Bahl [Early Career Researcher] Research Area: Clinical Study Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount: $39,020 Recipient: The
Identifying therapies that reduce transmission of mitochondrial heteroplasmy from mother to child.
Chief Investigator: Professor Rebecca Robker Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disorders. Basic Science. Funding2020 Research Grants
Social welfare dependency and receipt of welfare benefits following child abuse and neglect: a South Australian linked data study
Chief Investigator: Emmanuel Gnanamanickam (Early Career Researcher) Research Area: Improving child protection and its effects. Community-based study Funding Amount: $40,000Testing the first treatment to protect babies of asthmatic women from lung disease – a pilot study
Chief Investigator: Dr Kathryn Gatford Research Area: Basic Science Funding Amount: $85,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Babies of“Switching ON Participation” : Evaluation of the measurement properties of the Switch Access Measure (SAM-2) and its potential as a clinically-informative outcome assessment for children who have complex physical disabilities.
Chief Investigator: Toan Nguyen Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disorders. Clinical Study Funding Amount:Multimodal storytelling for life: Building literacies and numeracies for agentive futures
Chief Investigator: Kerrie Mackey-Smith Research Area: Understanding the social determinants of childhood health and development. Community-based study Funding Amount: $87,3172019 Research Grants
Family by Family: Addressing childhood obesity through local understandings and local solutions
Chief Investigator: Professor Megan Warin Research Area: Reducing childhood obesity and its impactCommunity Based Study Funding Amount: $ 74,517 Recipient: The UniversityEstablishing the clinical potential of sphingomimetics in children’s eczema
Chief Investigator: Dr Kwok Ho Yip Research Area: Basic Science Funding Amount: $ 74,888 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview:Injury site-derived proteoglycan glypican-3 suppresses growth plate cartilage bony repair and bone fracture healing
Chief Investigator: Dr Yu-Wen Su Research Area: Basic Science Funding Amount: $ 75,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: TwoThriving in adversity: disadvantaged children performing well in school
Chief Investigator: Dr Catherine Chittleborough Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disorders.Community Based Study Funding Amount: $2018 Research Grants
Developing a 3D navigation model for improving precision and success rates for treating developmental dysplasia of the hip in children
Chief Investigator: Dr Liping Wang Funding Amount: $34,926 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Developmental dislocation of the hip (DDH)A New Breath Test for Paediatric Coeliac Disease
Chief Investigator: Dr Roger Yazbek Funding Amount: $74,406 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Almost 1% of Australian children suffer with coeliacDesigned Antibiotics Targeting Drug-Resistant and Latent Tuberculosis
Chief Investigator: Dr Kate Wegener Funding Amount: $74,411 Recipient: University of Adelaide Overview: Over 200 000 children die each yearThe utility of resveratrol for improving fetal growth in complicated pregnancies
Chief Investigator: Dr Alison Care Funding Amount: $74,276 Recipient: University of Adelaide Overview: Impaired fetal growth during pregnancy impacts subsequent2017 Research Grants
Preventing childhood glucocorticoid therapy-induced bone growth defects by blocking the aggravated chemokine SDF-1 signalling
Chief Investigator: Dr Qian Tang Funding Amount: $34,995 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Glucocorticoids are commonly used in childrenInvestigating the relationship between the ABO blood group system and Shigella interaction with cells
Chief Investigator: Dr Elizabeth Ngoc Hoa Tran Funding Amount: $65,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Shigella is the leadingEstablishment of a new treatment for peanut allergy
Chief Investigator: Dr Billy Tao Funding Amount: $73,155 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Peanut allergy affects 3% of Australian children. ItDirected differentiation of embryonic stem cells to insulin producing cells as a cure for Type 1 diabetes
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Mark Nottle Funding Amount: $74,882 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: The directed differentiation of human2016 Research Grants
Preventing childhood methotrexate chemotherapy-induced bone loss by blocking the aggravated pro-osteoclastogenic cytokine – NF-kB signalling
Chief Investigator: Professor Cory Xian Funding Amount: $75,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Whilst chemotherapy of major childhood cancersInvestigating how mutations in IQSEC2 cause intellectual disability and severe early onset seizures in children using a mouse modelling the knockout of Iqsec2.
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Cheryl Shoubridge Funding Amount: $65,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Intellectual disability (ID) is frequentPANDORA Cohort Wave 1 – assessment of the impact of maternal diabetes on child development
Chief Investigator: Dr Angela Titmuss Funding Amount: $35,000 Recipient: Menzies School of Health Research Overview: This project explores the childPANDORA Cohort Wave 1 – assessment of the impact of maternal diabetes on child development
Chief Investigator: Dr Angela Titmuss Funding Amount: $35,000 Recipient: Menzies School of Health Research Overview: This project explores the childWant 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.
