Creating a future where every child with cancer can survive and thrive
We’re improving outcomes for our youngest cancer patients by accelerating research, innovation and collaboration.
Every child deserves a bright future beyond cancer.
It's a heartbreaking reality that three Australian children die every week from cancer, and 80% of children who survive cancer have long-term effects from their treatment.
Children's Cancer CoLab's purpose is to improve outcomes for our youngest cancer patients by accelerating collaborative research and innovation into the clinic.
We bring together many of Australia's brightest research and clinical minds to fast-track innovative childhood cancer treatments and interventions. With scientific rigour at our core, we're challenging traditional boundaries so that breakthrough discoveries can be translated into clinical advances aimed at benefitting our youngest cancer patients.
We're working to invest $45 million into our targeted Impact Programs. With our strategic funding approach, we're addressing the most critical challenges in childhood cancer — from developing safer treatments with fewer toxicities to supporting patients to live long and healthy lives.
Guided by scientific expertise and the real-world perspectives of patients and families, we're not just funding research. We're removing the barriers that slow progress so that our CoLaborators can focus on delivering transformative discoveries that will have a real-world impact on childhood cancer patients everywhere.
Impact Programs
Five strategic Impact Programs guide our approach to childhood cancer research and innovation. As an independent charity, we have a highly ambitious goal to invest 90% of our revenue into our Impact Programs.
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How we collaborate
Uniting expertise to accomplish what no single organisation can achieve alone.
Scientific rigour guides every decision
Our two independent and highly esteemed Scientific Advisory Committees ensure we fund only the most promising research with potential for real-world impact. These national and international experts working across various disciplines in childhood cancer rigorously assess each grant application against our strategic priorities.
Collective impact
We bring together leading research institutions, hospitals and universities to work on the shared goal of improving outcomes for childhood cancer. This approach amplifies our collective impact and accelerates discoveries for childhood cancer patients everywhere.
Listening to patient and family perspectives
We engage with patients and families to help guide our funding to areas of greatest need. Their lived experience informs the projects we support and we incorporate their feedback so that we are always patient-focused in our efforts to accelerate research and innovation.
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Your support drives critical research and innovation that will change lives. By supporting Children's Cancer CoLab, you become part of a community working to ensure childhood cancer patients survive and thrive. Our approach unites top researchers across disciplines and institutions, breaking traditional barriers to accelerate discoveries from the lab to clinic, creating real impact for our youngest cancer patients and their families.
Heartbreaking facts about childhood cancer
Australia has one of the highest rates of childhood cancer in the world.
Despite advancements in treatment, cancer kills more Australian children every week than any other disease. This is a heartbreaking reality that we are determined to change.
