Accelerating research to transform young lives

We’re investing $45 million to unite Australia's leading researchers and clinicians to fast-track groundbreaking discoveries from the lab to the clinic. Our collaborative efforts aim to benefit our youngest cancer patients and their families in Australia and beyond.

Our team

The people supporting our mission

As an independent charity building on our initial success as the Victorian Paediatric Cancer Consortium, the Children’s Cancer CoLab is bringing together many of Australia’s brightest minds in childhood cancer research and innovation. Our courageous, community-focused approach aims to deliver real-world, transformative impact for our youngest cancer patients.

Our Experts

Combining scientific rigour with clinical insights to guide impactful childhood cancer research and innovation.

Our CoLaborators

We've created a collaborative ecosystem that brings together leading research, clinical and academic institutions, backed by substantial support from the Children's Cancer Foundation and the Victorian Government.

Funding Partners

Our collaborators

Advancing research through collaboration

Victoria is home to world-class medical research with numerous internationally acclaimed research institutions. Recognising the expertise located in Melbourne, our Founding Partner, the Children’s Cancer Foundation, united eight of Melbourne’s leading research, clinical and academic institutions in 2021 to work collaboratively on improving outcomes for childhood cancer. Now, as the Children’s Cancer CoLab, we're fostering increased collaborative research and innovation to accelerate childhood cancer discoveries into the clinic.

Our collaborative approach aims to develop cutting-edge treatments and interventions for our youngest cancer patients in Victoria and beyond.

1,000

Australian children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer every year

3

children die every week from cancer

1 in 5

children diagnosed with cancer do not survive

80%

of children who survive cancer have long-term effects from their treatment

70

potential years of life are lost when a child dies from cancer

400,000

new cases of cancer are diagnosed worldwide every year in children and adolescents

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We fund collaborative childhood cancer research and innovation, and unite experts and partners to accelerate discoveries into the clinic.