Peer-Reviewed Grants

Current Grants

Cancer Institute NSW (CINSW), 2026 EARLY CAREER FELLOWSHIPS

Accelerating personalised medicine for breast cancer using AI and multi-omics

Hani Kim

1-Jan-26 to 31-Dec-28, $600,000

US Dept of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), BREAST CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM - CLINICAL RESEARCH EXTENSION AWARD

The Breast Cancer Cellular Atlas

Alexander Swarbrick

15-Feb-25 to 14-Feb-30, $5,837,874

Breast Cancer Research Foundation, 2024 Annual Award Program Grant

Dissecting the cellular ecosystems and therapeutic vulnerabilities of breast cancer

Alexander Swarbrick

1-Oct-24 to 30-Sep-26,  $449,825

Cancer Institute NSW (CINSW), 2023 Research Equipment Grant

The 10X Genomics Xenium platform for advanced spatial analysis of solid tumours

Alexander Swarbrick, Paul Timpson, Joseph Powell, Ewan Millar, David Gallego Ortega,  David Ziegler, Susan Clark, Marina Pajic, Elgene Lim, Shane Grey

1-Jul-23 to 30-Jun-28,  $889,048

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), 2023 INVESTIGATOR GRANTS

Dissecting the cellular ecosystems and therapeutic vulnerabilities of breast cancer

Alexander Swarbrick

1-Jan-23 to 31-Dec-27,  $2,205,736

Recently Concluded Grants

St Vincent's Clinic Foundation, 2024 RESEARCH GRANTS

Uncovering the B cell clonal landscape in response and resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors in triple negative breast cancer

Alexander Swarbrick, Louise Baldwin

1-Jan-24 to 31-Dec-24,  $50,000

Breast Cancer Research Foundation (USA), Annual Award Program Grant

Dissecting the cellular ecosystems and therapeutic vulnerabilities of breast cancer

Alexander Swarbrick

1-Oct-23 to 30-Sep-24,  $225,000

National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF), 2023 Investigator Initiated Research Scheme (IIRS)

Genomic and proteomic mapping of breast cancer ecosystems

Alexander Swarbrick

1-Apr-23 to 31-Mar-26, $901,040

National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF), 2023 Investigator Initiated Research Scheme (IIRS)

Genomic and proteomic mapping of breast cancer ecosystems

Alex Swarbrick, Sandra O'Toole, Sean Grimmond, Charles Perou, Roger Reddell, Joakim Lundeberg

1-Apr-23 to 31-Mar-26,  $300,000

Cancer Council NSW (CCNSW), 2022 PROJECT GRANTS

Integrative pan-cancer analysis of stromal cells

Alexander Swarbrick, Mun Hui, Joakim Lundeberg

1-Jan-22 to 31-Dec-24,  $449,888

National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF), 2022 INVESTIGATOR INITIATED RESEARCH SCHEME

Targeting B cells for breast cancer immunotherapy

Alex Swarbrick, Kylie James, Sandra O’Toole

1-Jan-22 to 30-Jun-25,  $597,474

US Dept of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), FY2020 BREAST CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM - BREAKTHROUGH AWARD Levels 1 and 2

Systems Immunology for Breast Cancer

Alexander Swarbrick

1-Sep-21 to 31-Aug-25, $930,581

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), 2019 Research Fellowships

Discovering new therapeutic strategies for breast and prostate cancer at cellular resolution (SRFA)

Alex Swarbrick

1-Jan-19 to 31-Dec-23,  $649,175

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), 2019 CRE

Centre for Translational Breast Cancer Research (TransBCR): delivering laboratory discoveries to the clinic

Geoffrey Lindeman, Gregory Mann, Sarah-Jane Dawson, Jayesh Desai, Stephen Fox Peter, Sunil Lakhani, Elgene Lim, Sherene Loi, John Simes, Jane Visvader (Alex Swarbrick is an AI)

1-Nov-18 to 31-Oct-23,  $420,000

Philanthropic support

We acknowledge the extremely generous support of

John McMurtrie, AM and Deborah McMurtrie

The Petrie Foundation

The GP Harris Foundation

The Whilte Butterly Foundation

Yvonne Aris