WA Child Research Fund

The WA Child Research Fund (WACRF) program was jointly established by the Department of Health and the Channel 7 Telethon Trust in 2012 to fund health and medical research that focuses on the health of children and adolescents in WA.

The key aims of the WACRF are to:

• Fund research of direct significance to the health of WA children and adolescents.
• Retain and attract child and adolescent researchers to WA
• Promote the translation of research findings into evidence-based health outcomes.
• Contribute to integrating research capability across universities, research institutes and health services by encouraging the development of research-policy-practice partnerships.

Funded research activities may be wide-ranging but must address areas of direct significance to child and adolescent health. Research may include basic, clinical, health service, or population health.

Projects may be awarded up to $600,000 and must be conducted over a maximum of 36 months. Project selection will be based on competitive merit.

Applications to the 2025-26 round will be accepted in 2 stages consisting of an Expression of Interest followed by a Full Application for shortlisted applicants.

Program status: open for Applications

Expressions of Interest Close: 1.00pm (AWST), Friday 27 March 2026

The WACRF 2025-26 Guidelines and Conditions can be accessed below.

The Expression of Interest (EOI) form can be accessed and submitted via the Department of Health Grant Management System (external site).

To view the EOI, after starting an application in the Grant Management System select ‘preview’ in the top right corner, which will download the EOI form questions (and your responses) as a Word or PDF document. For further instructions, please refer to page 9 of the User Guide (external site) ‘Downloading the application form’.

WA Child Research Fund guidelines and conditions 2025-26 (PDF 322KB)