Reports

In the 2024/2025 financial year, the NeuroSurgical Research Foundation achieved many significant milestones:

NRF 60th Anniversary Celebrated raising $195,000 at the event
Contributed $1,378,531 to 34 different grants and equipment projects
Utilised $700,000 of NRF seed funding to attract $32M in further research funding to SA
Established South Australia’s first Brain Tumour Support Coordinator to assist SA patients and families.
10 Scholarships and PhD's funded
Full 2024 Financial report available here.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

$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.

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.

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

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.

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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