About the Fellowship
(Incorporating the Low Survival Cancer Philanthropic Research Fellowship Scheme)
The grants aim to support and retain talented individuals in the field of cancer research in Victoria.
The objectives of the VCA Mid-Career Research Fellowship Scheme are to:
- Support high quality cancer research conducted by mid-career researchers who can demonstrate clear evidence of translational research capacity.
- Provide funding as a means of enhancing competitiveness of mid-career researchers to enable them to leverage further funding from granting bodies or industry.
Mid-Career Research Fellowships:
- Provide the salary of the researcher
- Support the direct research costs of undertaking the research project.
The Mid-Career Research Fellowship will include 2 streams:
Biomedical
These fellowships are available for laboratory-based researchers or researchers who require laboratory-based research as part of their project, incorporating any aspect of translational biomedical research relevant to cancer.
Projects that are not laboratory-based but are dependent on outsourcing of laboratory-based services for the conduct of the research proposal (e.g. bioinformatics, imaging or radiotherapy-based projects) should apply through the Biomedical Research Stream.
Non-biomedical (incorporating nursing, allied health, clinical, health services research and prevention research)
These fellowships are available for any other aspect of translational research to improve cancer outcomes. Laboratory-based researchers are not eligible to apply under this stream.
Applications for the Non-biomedical Research Stream are encouraged from nurses, allied health professionals, clinicians, supportive care researchers, cancer survivorship researchers, health economists, behavioural scientists, statisticians, bioinformaticians (excluding projects that are reliant on laboratory-based services), epidemiologists, and other disciplines of non-laboratory based researchers conducting research across the continuum of cancer care.
Low-Survival Cancer Philanthropic Research Fellowship Scheme
This year the Early and Mid-Career research fellowships will incorporate a Low-Survival Cancer Philanthropic Research Fellowship scheme, which will involve up to four additional non-financial partnerships with philanthropic organisations to provide a named fellowship (Early or Mid-Career) to the top ranked applicant in that tumour stream.
The partner organisations are:
The intended outcomes this scheme will be the prioritisation of low-survival cancer research and increased awareness of the work of the low survival cancer philanthropic partners.
To be eligible the project must demonstrate a primary focus on one or more of the following low-survival cancers; ovarian, lung, liver, or pancreas. The proposed work must relate to the causes, prevention, support and wellbeing, diagnosis or treatment of the cancer.
The proposed research must be limited to primary cancers of the ovaries, lung, liver and/or pancreas. Other primary cancers (e.g., breast cancer) that metastasise to ovaries, lung, liver and/or pancreas are beyond the scope of this scheme.
Note:
- Given the greater value of the Mid-Career Research Fellowship, recipients will initially be selected from the Mid-Career Research Fellowship scheme. If no applications are eligible or meet the minimum threshold, the next highest ranked and eligible application within the Early Career Research Fellowship scheme will be awarded. Recipients may be selected from either the Biomedical or Non-Biomedical scheme.
- Applicants interested in this scheme must meet all other eligibility criteria required for the VCA Early Career or Mid-Career Research Fellowship scheme.
Before you begin
Read the Mid-Career Research Fellowship Scheme 2022 Guidelines (Word) to confirm eligibility.
Review the following attachments that may be required:
- Completed Research Output and Leadership template
- Completed Research Proposal template
- Completed Publication List template
- Part-time supporting documentation (if applicable)
- Head of Research Team report
- Completed Consumer Evaluation Panel Form template
- Completed Administering Organisation Certification Form
- Completed Research Organisation Certification Form (if different to Administering Organisation).
Resources
- Victorian Cancer Agency 2022 Funding Round Frequently Asked Questions (Word)
- Victorian Cancer Agency 2022 Funding Rules (Word)
- Victorian Cancer Agency 2022 Statement on Consumer Engagement in Cancer Research (Word)
- Victorian Cancer Agency 2022 Mid-Career Research Fellowship Application - Form preview (PDF)
- Previously funded projects