Where your money goes

GRANTS FUNDED

The NeuroSurgical Research Foundation raises money to fund research into disease and injury of the brain, spine and nerves.

This research is undertaken in Australian Universities and Teaching hospitals.

Some of the specific areas of research funded have been in the following areas:

• Head & spinal cord injury
• Sciatica & back pain
• Spina bifida & hydrocephalus
• Brain Tumours in children and adults
• Brain haemorrhage, aneurysms and stroke
• Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer's disease and other movement disorders

MOST RECENT GRANTS FUNDED

Grants Funded 2011 $511,800

• Neurosurgical Trainee Fellowship - Traumatic Brain Injury $60,000
• Neurosurgical Trainee Fellowship - Stroke $39,800
• Paediatric Appeal $200,000
• Ride Like Crazy Brain Tumour Research Equipment $160,000
• Dean Bowman Brain Tumour Research Laboratory $52,000

Grants Funded 2010 $110,000

• Neurosurgical Trainee Fellowship - Stroke $50,000
• Paediatric Appeal $50,000
• Parkinson’s disease  research, extended $10,000

Grants Funded 2009 $150,00

• Neurosurgical Trainee Fellowship - Traumatic Brain Injury $50,000
• Paediatric Appeal $50,000
• Brain Tumour research, Jane Page Brain Tumour Research Fund extended $50,000
• Funded by Dr Jeremy Hallpike, Bill and Jo Cooper and Coopers Brewery

Grants Funded 2008 $309,014

• Abbie Simpson Clinical Fellowship $42,160
• Brain Tumour research $18,000
• Associate Professor Mounir Ghabriel and Professor Alan Nimmo of the University of Adelaide
• Parkinson’s Disease research $48,854 over two years
• Abbie Simpson Clinical Fellowship – University of Adelaide. Second Installment $300,000. $800,000 total complete

Grants Funded 2007 $585,000

• Studying Neurotrauma Dr Corinne Van Den Heuval and Associate Professor Roberto Cappai University of Adelaide & University of Melbiourne $30,000
• Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs):Professor Michael Morgan and colleagues inc Prof Brian Brophey of RAH $15,000
• NRF fund equipment Nanophotometer $15,000. Application from Prof Robert Vink, the NRF Chair of Neurosurgical Research at the University of Adelaide
• The RAAF has raised more than $25,000 to purchase An Agilent Bioanalyzer research equipment for the NRF Chair of Neurosurgical Research at the University of Adelaide
• Abbie Simpson Clinical Fellowship – University of Adelaide. First Installment $500,000

Grants Funded 2006 $60,000

• Brain Tumour research N. Knuckey & B. Meloni The University of WA $15,000
• Brain Tumour research A. Kaye, P. Lock University of Melbourne $15,000
• NRF equipment Grant $30,000 to the University of Adelaide for a Stereotaxic Digital Injector

Grants Funded 2005 by the NRF $50,000 Total

• The NRF Chair of Neurosurgical Research at the University of Adelaide $50,000