

Explore the research we fund and the outcomes achieved
2024 Research Grants

Brighter with books: co-designing a reading intervention to improve emotional wellbeing in children with cancer.
Chief Investigator: A/Prof Amanda Hutchinson Funding Amount: $97,389 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Bibliotherapy has been a successful adjunct therapy
A novel prophylactic for the prevention of ventilator induced lung injury in preterm infants.
Chief Investigator: Dr Jack Darby Funding Amount: $99,987 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: To survive being born too soon, preterm
A new personalised immunotherapy for the deadly paediatric cancer neuroblastoma.
Chief Investigator: Dr Veronika Bandara Funding Amount : $100,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Neuroblastoma is a deadly paediatric cancer. We
New strategies to improve breastfeeding outcomes in preterm infants.
Chief Investigator: A/Prof Alice Rumbold Funding Amount : $94,292 Recipient: SAHMRI Overview: We aim to improve breastfeeding outcomes in preterm infants by:2023 Research Grants

Perfection is the enemy of progress and good mental health: A Randomised Controlled Trial of guided parent-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for children’s perfectionism
Chief Investigator: Professor Tracey Wade Funding Amount : $99,996 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Perfectionism has linearly increased in youth since 1989. Three
The Cool Brain Hall of Fame: Using examples from popular culture to de-stigmatise learning differences in primary schools
Chief Investigator: Dr Amy Wyatt Funding Amount : $94,995 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Around 15-20% of South Australian children have a learning
Providing school based eyecare to improve learning and promote equitable outcomes in South Australia
Chief Investigator: Professor Nicola Anstice Funding Amount : $99,439 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Twenty-five percent of South Australian primary school children do
High Quality Online Literacy Instruction for South Australian Children with Down Syndrome
Chief Investigator: Professor Joanne Arciuli Funding Amount : $99,988 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: We know that “learning to read is not a2022 Research Grants

Expanding the toolkit for the treatment of ear infections
Chief Investigator: Dr Erin Brazel [Early Career Researcher] Funding Amount : $40,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Bacterial ear
Sport Therapy for Mental Health and Wellbeing: Exploring changes in psychosocial and functional performance for children and adolescents with Cerebral Palsy with 12 weeks of RaceRunning
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Kade Davison Funding Amount: $55,964 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Children with Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Investigating FDA-approved drugs in an animal model of KCNT1-childhood epilepsy to identify potential new therapies for treating children
Chief Investigator: Professor Leanne Dibbens Funding Amount: $ 100,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: KCNT1 mutations cause one of
Oligonucleotide-driven treatment of an inherited, childhood-lethal polyneuropathy: Generation and characterisation of a humanised preclinical mouse model
Chief Investigator: Professor Jozef Gecz Funding Amount: $ 100,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: One in six children has2021 Research Grants

A new therapeutic target for childhood medulloblastoma
Chief Investigator: Professor Stuart Pitson Funding Amount: $97,986 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Medulloblastoma is the most common brain
Children’s problematic sexual behaviour in schools: Identifying and addressing collaborative responses to incidents
Chief Investigator: Dr Lesley-anne Ey Research Area: Improving child protection and its effects. Community-based study. Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount:
Promoting child and adolescent gut health through supplementation of novel fibre-clay hybrid biomaterials
Chief Investigator: Dr Paul Joyce [Early Career Researcher] Research Area: Reducing childhood obesity and its impacts. Basic Science Funding Year: