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2022 AGITG Innovation Grant Winners

Dr Trang Pham for her clinical research concept and Dr Daniel Cox for his translational research concept

Innovation Grant

Funded by the GI Cancer Institute

The Innovation Grant is a unique opportunity for AGITG members to receive funding for original scientific ideas with the potential to change clinical practice.

This year, there were two Innovation Grants, focussed in area of:

  • Clinical Trials – up to $200,000
  • Translational Research – up to $200,000

Awarded annually, the Innovation Grant aims to enhance the AGITG research program through investment in projects based on scientific merit, feasibility and alignment with AGITG research priorities, to improve outcomes for people with gastro-intestinal cancer.

Professor Lorraine Chantrill, Chair of AGITG, says “Raised by our members and community, the Innovation Grant provides AGITG members an opportunity to conduct small scale or pilot studies, which are critical to generate data to attract government grants to fund large scale trials. Without these initial feasibility studies, we can’t advance our knowledge about the best way to treat patients with GI cancer.”

Innovation Grants are made possible through generous contributions from Community Fundraising and the GI Cancer Institute’s Gutsy Challenge program.

Since 2015, our community fundraisers and members have raised more than $3.6 million to fund 15 grants for small-scale studies and support for eight research projects. 

“Supporting novel approaches in their initial stages is so important in this financially constrained time. By having this initial funding we can develop our concept with sufficient data to become competitive for external definitive funding.” – Professor David Goldstein, 2020 Innovation Grant recipient

Guiding Principles

Innovation grants will be awarded to AGITG members to further AGITG led research projects. Expenditure decisions will be based on scientific merit and with the intention that they lead to enhancement of the AGITG research program.

Expenditure of these funds requires an overall framework that respects their philanthropic origin, and must align with the strategic direction of the AGITG.

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Innovation Grant Enquiries

Comeback shortly for details on the 2023 Innovation Grants.


Presenting community funded grants is always a momentous occasion. Previous winners are:

2022 Recipients

  1. Dr Trang Pham –  for her clinical trial research concept titled, Improved local control using adaptive MRI-guidance to target abdominal cancer with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy: A randomised phase II trial.
  2. Dr Daniel Cox for his translational reseach concept titled, The Molecular Colonoscopy Study: harnessing cell-free DNA methylation patterns to develop a “second-tier” test to bring precision to triaging in screening colonoscopy for colorectal cancer (LIBERATE substudy).

2021 Recipients

  1. Professor Eva Segelov – translational substudy of the ASCOLT trial, studying the patients’ blood samples to see which patients will have a relapse of their cancer.
  2. Dr Shehara Mendis – research concept focusing on the use of a simple and routine pathology test (known as immunohistochemistry), to indicate who might benefit most from Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor inhibitors (EGFRi).

2020 Recipients

  1. Professors Niall Tebbutt and John Mariadason – VADER trial, evaluating the drug valproate, which has been used to treat epilepsy and mood disorders for over 50 years, with a class of drugs known as EGFR inhibitors in patients with advanced colon cancer.
  2. Professor David Goldstein – translational substudy of the MASTERPLAN trial, understanding the effect of chemotherapy on microbial composition of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients.
  3. Doctor Ben Lawrence – translational substudy of the CONTROL NETS trial.

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2019 Recipients

AGITG Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, August 2019.

Professor Peter Gibbs was awarded the 2019 Innovation Grant. He received $200,000 to conduct the pilot study, ‘An organoid sensitivity testing driven umbrella study for patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer. Learn more about FORECAST-1

2018 Recipients

AGITG Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, November 2018.

OXTOX trial receives the AGITG Innovation Grant of $200,000. Pictured, Principal Investigator of the OXTOX trial, Dr Christina Teng, receives the award from AGITG Chair,  Professor Tim Price. Learn more about OXTOX

2017 Recipients

professor chris karapetis reno trial
AGITG Annual Scientific Meeting, Cairns, October 2017.

RENO trial receives the AGITG Innovation Grant of $200,000. Pictured, Professor Chris Karapetis receives the award from AGITG Chair, Professor Tim Price. Learn more about RENO

2016 Recipients

Doctor Matthew Burge received a $100,000 Innovation Grant for the MONARCC trial. Learn more about MONARCC

2015 Recipients

Professor Andrew Barbour received a $50,000 Innovation Grant to conduct the DOCTOR Genomics study.

Professor John Mariadason received a $50,000 Innovation Grant to conduct the INTEGRATE translational substudy.


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