2021 Research Grants
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 Funding
Reducing developmental disorders and other side effects with novel proton radiation treatment for children with brain cancers
Chief Investigator: Miss Mikaela Dell’Oro Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disorders. Basic Science Funding
Helping children with intellectual disabilities develop real-world life skills in virtual reality
Chief Investigator: Mr Stefan Michalski [Early Career Researcher] Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disordersClinical
A BRAND NEW INITIATIVE
CRF Fellowships
A CRF Fellowship presents an exciting opportunity for mid-career researchers to pursue ground-breaking advances into childhood health, education and welfare, in South Australia.
The focus of the CRF Fellowship program is Prevention and/or Management of Childhood Disability and Disease.
Applications have now closed, and we look forward to announcing our inaugural CRF Fellows shortly!
Professor Jozef Gécz
Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation Chair for the Prevention of Childhood Disability
The Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation Chair for the Prevention of Childhood Disability is 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) to understand more about the genetic basis of early childhood learning and movement disabilities, intellectual disabilities, early onset epilepsies, and autism.