Charlies Foundation Grant Sponsorship (Bright Ideas Grant, Discovery Grant, Transformational Grant)

Charlies Foundation Grant Sponsorship (Bright Ideas Grant, Discovery Grant, Transformational Grant) is sponsored by Charlies Foundation for Research. Charlies Foundation supports innovative research projects that are transforming patient care in Western Australia.

Discovery Grant - Charlies Foundation Our Discovery Grants fund curiosity-driven research that asks important questions and seeks to unlock new knowledge. With a focus on innovation and research excellence, these grants help researchers explore promising ideas that could lead to future breakthroughs in care. 2026-27 Discovery Grant Applications are now open!

Applications for Discovery Grants are now open. Please review the Assessment Criteria and Program Eligibility and email your completed application to scgh. researchgrants@health.

wa. gov.au . Applications close, 6pm, Wednesday 24th September.

Since 2020, your support has made possible: Discovery Grants Awarded to Transform WA Patient Health Outcomes Bright Ideas Research Focus Areas *Last Updated: 02/12/2025 2025 - 2026 Grant Winners Project: Improving understanding and treatment of sepsis with an innovative laboratory-based human model.

Project: Developing a research program with stroke survivors and healthcare workers to collect and store clinical information, blood and saliva for a WA stroke study with follow up to 5 years Project: The evaporate multi-center randomized clinical Trial: Placing one-way valves in the lungs to help patients with collapsed lungs Clin.

Prof. Michaela Lucas Project: Can a simple skin tape test help diagnose and monitor Drug Reactions with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms? Department: Endocrinology & Diabetes Projects: Finding the regulatory elements in DNA that control bone-resorbing cells and increase the risk of fragility fractures.

Department: Nephrology & Renal Transplant Project: Health and transplant outcomes of people living with a kidney transplant and advanced cancer Department: Ophthalmology Project: Clear Vision, Clean Future: Measuring the Carbon Cost of Eye Procedures at SCGH Department: Dietetics & Nutrition Project: Keeping Your New Kidney Healthy: Understanding Body and Blood Sugar Changes following kidney transplantation (Accepted by Purdey Campbell) Department: Endocrinology & Diabetes Project: Testing how individual differences in DNA sequence affect thyroid function and disease Project: Comparing two navigation techniques to guide flexible scopes to access small, remote lung nodules suspicious of cancer Project: Brain wave monitoring to give early warning of dangerous vessel spasm and stroke risk after a brain bleed.

Department: Endocrinology & Diabetes Project: How do co-existing clinical risk factors impact the rate of bone loss? < Back to About Our Grants *Last Updated: 29/06/2025 Professor Bronwyn Stuckey Department: Endocrinology and Diabetes Project Title: Does hormone treatment of infants with undescended testes improve fertility in adult life?

Department: Radiation Oncology Project Title: Sparing the Maximum Healthy Lung Volume during Lung Cancer Radiation Therapy by Predicting the Tumour Motion from Pre-Recorded Patient Factors Project Title: Finding targets for new drugs to prevent rejection of transplanted organs Department: Occupational Therapy Project Title: Can access to early hand therapy improve clinical, service and cost outcomes for patients with hand and upper limb injuries on surgical outpatient waiting lists?

Department: Endocrinology & Diabetes Project Title: Analysis of molecular pathways involved in osteoporosis for the development of therapies.

Department: Endocrinology & Diabetes Project Title: Examination of the regulation of a gene, CYP19A1, that is linked to osteoporosis, in the cells that are important for bone turnover Department: Endocrine Surgery Project Title: Identifying the location of parathyroid glands on 4DCT imaging with a diagnostic tool powered by artificial intelligence Project Title: Developing, implementing and evaluating a co-designed support strategy for nurse managers Department: Ophthalmology Project Title: Finding early signs of human cancer and its response to therapy General Surgery/WA Liver and Kidney Transplant Project Title: Redefining the anatomy of liver segments in a micro-CT study of cadaveric livers Department: Intensive Care Project Title: Detecting changes in muscle size and function in intensive care survivors using MRI imaging < Back to About Our Grants By accepting you are agreeing to our We've sent you an email with your temporary password