Annual Report 2023

  • NRF funds $610,266 across a total of 21 research grants and equipment including adult and child research.
  • Creation of South Australian Paediatric Brain Cancer Biobank funded by NRF donations (3 year pledge)
  • First Brain Tumour Research SA (BTRSA) symposium held
  • New Abbie Simpson Clinical Fellow - Dr Nick Candy appointed
  • Full 2023 Financial report available here.
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Annual Report 2022

  • NRF funds 24 research grants AND scholarships which total $1,058,988.
  • Donations and fundraising totalled $776,784 for neurosurgical disease research in SA.
  • Dinning Memorial Neurosurgical Scholarship and Richard Buttery NRF Glioblastoma Research Vacation Scholarship established.
  • Executive Officer, Ginta Orchard, celebrates 20 year milestone with the NRF.
  • Equipment totalling $105,448 donated by Wilkins Family Foundation
  • Dr Claire Jones and Dr Ryan Quarrington awarded $97,263 in funding from Perpetual’s 2021 IMPACT Philanthropy Application Program, in partnership with the NRF.
  • Full 2022 Financial report available here.
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Annual Report 2021

  • Donations and fundraising totalled $707,858 for neurosurgical disease research in SA.
  • NRF funds 23 research grants totalling $875,709.
  • Director of Neurosurgical Research – Assoc Prof Renee Turner: Over past 12 months the team has converted approximately $100K in NRF seed funding into more than $3.2M funding (a combination of small grants, large category 1 grants & Pharmaceutical funding).
  • Abbie Simpson Clinical Fellow – Dr Adam Wells: Developing a project investigating the use of Rotational Elastometry (ROTEM) blood tests in the early assessment of traumatic brain injury.
  • NRF Chair of Brain Tumour Research - Prof Stuart Pitson: Launched Brain Tumour Research SA (BTRSA), a collaboration of brain tumour researchers and clinicians across South Australia, in partnership with the NRF
  • New president Dr Glenn McCulloch appointed.
  • Full 2021 Financial report available here.
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Annual Report 2020

  • The NRF has funded 15 researchers dedicated to looking for cures, improving treatments and developing drugs that are progressing from the laboratory to clinical trials.
  • Donations and fundraising totalled $893,913 for neurosurgical disease research in SA.
  • NRF funds 19 research grants totalling $757,959.
  • Full 2020 Financial report available here
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Annual Report 2019

  • The NRF has funded over 20 researchers dedicated to looking for cures, improving treatments and developing drugs that are progressing from the laboratory to clinical trials.
  • Professor Stuart Pitson was appointed the inaugural NRF Chair of Brain Tumour Research at UniSA.
  • Dr Adam Wells was awarded the Abbie Simpson Clinical Fellowship - this will enable the development of a trauma bank that will result in better outcomes for patients, with the hope of establishing a South Australian Neurosurgery Register.
  • Donations and fundraising totalled $894,217 for neurosurgical disease research in SA.
  • NRF funds 15 research grants totalling $1,189.126.
  • Full 2019 Financial report available here.
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Annual Report 2018

  • $1 million donation to The University of South Australia for the NRF Chair of Brain Tumour Research.
  • In memory of Chris Adams $120,000 donated to establish the Chris Adams UniSA Research Grant to support an annual student or early career researcher scholarship supporting brain tumour research.
  • Donations to the NRF fund 11 new research projects, that is $347,888 valuable research dollars going towards Neurodegeneration, Parkinson’s, Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Paediatric and Brain Tumour Research.

  • Full 2018 Financial Report available here.
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Annual Report 2017

  • The NRF has pledged a $1 million donation

    to the Centre for Cancer Biology (University of South Australia) in April next year for Glioblastoma research.

  • Brain tumour research will be our priority for 2018. However, we will continue to support all areas of neurosurgical research where possible including: stroke, concussion, neurodegeneration, paediatric and neurotrauma.

  • Full 2017 Financial Report available here.

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Annual Report 2016

  • The NRF donated $1 million to the University of Adelaide
  • Fundraising efforts through The NRF supported the acquisition of a NanoZoomer for the University of Adelaide
  • $1,339,012 in new research and equipment was funded by the NRF through donations
  • Professor Robert Vink's first term as NRF President
  • Full 2016 Financial Report available here.
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Annual Report 2015

  • The NRF's most successful year in its 52-year history: in both fundraising and research support.
  • Through donations of $4.3 million to the University of Adelaide, research areas expanded to include brain tumours, concussion, stroke, spinal cord injury, Parkinson's disease, subarachnoid haemorrhage, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
  • Donations of $1 million established the NRF Paediatric Neurosurgical Research Fund
  • Dr. Renée Turner appointed as the NRF Director of Neurosurgical Research at the University of Adelaide
  • Brian North, after serving 11 years as NRF President, stood down and nominated Professor Robert Vink as the new NRF President.
  • Full 2015 Financial Report available here.
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Annual Report 2014

  • The NRF celebrates 50 years since it was founded in 1963 by Dr Trevor Denning
  • To celebrate 50 years of achievements, a Gala Dinner was held at the Entertainment Centre, raising over $102,000 for research funding.
  • Full 2014 Financial Report available here.

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