We are pleased to announce that the upcoming TCRC grant application to continue funding for another 5 years, will be led by Prof David Goldstein as Director and Prof Mark Harris as Deputy Director.
David and Mark and the other CIs are currently working very hard to prepare the grant application due 2 October 2015.
Should they be successful, the funding for the next round of the TCRN will commence 1 July 2016.
In the meantime we will continue to work on the current TCRN projects until 30 June 2015.
Please be aware that the TCRN will not be offering any new PhD Scholarships or Cancer Challenge of the Year funding. We have committed all our funds but will continue to support current students and projects.
The final round of Conference and Professional Development grants (for travel between 1 November 2015 - 30 June 2016) has just opened – we encourage you to apply by the closing date 12 October, see the next article for more details.

The final round of Conference and Professional Development grants (for travel between 1 November 2015 - 30 June 2016) have just opened – we encourage you to apply by the closing date 12 October 2015 at 9.00am.
Apply by 12 October 2015

On 7 September the Hunter Cancer Research Alliance, in collaboration with the TCRN and Sydney Vital launched the “Power of Biobanking” campaign; a Cancer Institute NSW BSN initiative.
This campaign aims to educate people online about how cancer patients can be actively involved in supporting cancer research through consenting to bank their excess tissue samples taken during routine surgery.
Cancer Biobank informs future research

This monthly article features research publications attributed to TCRN members as compiled by the TCRN Operations & Projects team using on-line tools.
Read this month's featured members' articles.

17 November 2015; 1.00-4.00pm (TBC)
Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW

Do not miss this valuable opportunity to learn how to best involve consumers in your research projects and present your research plan to TCRN consumers for their input.
All TCRN Consumers are research-trained and many of them have experience in reviewing grant applications and research plans.

The Health Science Alliance ("HSA") Biobank now has more than 1800 participants who have consented to the use of their biospecimens and/or health data in future research.
The option for patients to consent has also recently commenced at St. George Hospital (General and Private) and Border Medical Oncology located in rural NSW.
View the HSA Biobank Tissue and Data Collection

The Community of Practice holds education and networking events to support clinicians, researchers and health service managers working in implementation science.
Webinar: The Role of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patient-Centred Care
30 October 2015; 8:00am-9:00am
Upcoming Events: Workshops & Webinars