


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 community-based studies, clinical studies, and basic science projects in all areas of children’s health, education and welfare are supported, with extra weighting given in the grant review process to the Foundation’s priority areas of child protection, mental health, the effects of obesity and understanding the social determinants of childhood health and development.
Explore Our Recently Funded Projects And The Outcomes Achieved
2021 Research Grants


Developing novel treatments for MTOR-related severe childhood epilepsies
Chief Investigator: Professor Leanne Dibbens Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disorders. Basic Science Funding2020 Research Grants
Overcoming drug resistance in childhood seizure and psychiatric disorders caused by potassium channels
Chief Investigator: Professor Leanne Dibbens Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disorders. Basic Science FundingMaternal immunisation with a novel Zika vaccine to protect offspring from congenital Zika syndrome
Chief Investigator: Dr Branka Grubor-Bauk Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disorders. Basic Science FundingNeighbourhood life and social determinants of health for children and young people from refugee backgrounds
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Anna Ziersch Research Area: Understanding the social determinants of childhood health and development. Community Based Study2019 Research Grants
Early life adversity: trajectories to mental health and drug use
Chief Investigator: Dr Femke Buisman-Pijlman Funding Amount: $ 60,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Early life adversity can leaveCan metacognitive training improve treatment outcomes for adolescents with anorexia nervosa? A pilot randomised controlled trial
Chief Investigator: Dr Ryan Balzan [Early Career Researcher] Funding Amount: $ 31,198 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Anorexia nervosa is seriousHow do we help more women quit smoking in pregnancy?
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Lisa Smithers Research Area: Clinical Study Funding Amount: $ 74,904 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview:A pilot investigation of the safety, feasibility and efficacy of robotics-based rehabilitation in children and adolescents with cancer
Chief Investigator: Dr Michael Osborn Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disordersClinical Study Funding Amount: $ 75,0002018 Research Grants
2017 Research Grants
2016 Research Grants
Want to Be A Champion of Children's Research? Enquire With Us Today!
Apply for a 2022 Research Grant - NOW OPEN
Submissions for EOI can be made from 24 February 2021 (9.00am ACDT) to 1 April 2021 (6:00pm ACDT).
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.

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 was established in 2016 to understand more about the genetic basis of early childhood learning and movement disabilities, intellectual disabilities, early onset epilepsies, and autism.

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!