Cancer Council Australia has joined with six other leading cancer charities to form an alliance called the Cancer Research Leadership Forum.
Along with Cancer Council Australia the venture, to plan and co-fund national research projects, includes Bowel Cancer Australia, Cure Cancer Australia, Leukaemia Foundation, Melanoma Institute, National Breast Cancer Foundation and Prostate Cancer Foundation Australia. The Forum will be supported with funding from Macquarie Group Foundation to develop a national cancer research plan and co-fund research.
According to Cancer Council Australia’s CEO, Professor Ian Olver, by working together the charities will have a stronger voice, better efficiencies and wider influence.
“By joining forces, we will be able to plan more effectively and pool elements of our research funding, infrastructure and expertise to support significant national projects,” Professor Olver said. “Our goal is the same - to reduce the cancer burden, and this new alliance is an opportunity to further our national research priorities.”