The Work We Fund

Funded projects
1,320+
Men's Health Partners
20
Countries
20
We work closely with our global men's health partners to ensure collaboration, transparency and accountability for every project we fund. We monitor this through report cards which detail what we seek to achieve, key measures and the impact.
Prostate Cancer
"Together with the brightest minds in research, we aim to achieve significant breakthroughs in the hope of beating prostate cancer. Our disruptive funding approach identifies revolutionary ways to accelerate health outcomes by creating strong, global collaborative teams." Dr. Colleen Nelson, Global Scientific Chair.
Men's Health
"One Mo can help change the face of men’s health through the powerful conversations created globally during Movember. Men have the chance to confidently discuss men’s health with people around them, resulting in men taking action early, helping change and save lives." Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programmes
Mental health and suicide prevention
“The number of men taking their own lives around the world is one of the biggest challenges of our time. Movember is working to ensure all men and boys look after their mental health and are comfortable to seek help when they’re struggling.”
Brendan Maher, Global Director, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.
Testicular Cancer
“Despite being the 2nd most common cancer in young men, testicular cancer is often a forgotten cancer due to early detection and treatment. Our projects look at underinvested areas such as improving access to healthcare services and treatment options for relapse” Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programmes.

Breast & Prostate Cancer Linkage Grant

Movember Funding to Date

AUD 1,250,000

What we seek to achieve

This award will enable Professor Tilley and collaborators to explore an innovative new treatment path for breast and prostate cancer, which has potential to transform the lives of women and men around the world afflicted with breast or prostate cancer.

Country
Australia
Co-funded
National Breast Cancer Foundation: AUD 1,250,000
Implemented by
Movember Foundation and the National Breast Cancer Foundation
Project start date
Oct 217
Project Status
Project Completed

About the project

This research project will investigate a new concept for the treatment of breast and prostate cancers: instead of completely blocking the sex hormone receptors by depriving the body of hormones, the team will test whether the receptors can be “reprogrammed” so that they no longer drive cancer growth but instead function as they would in normal breast or prostate tissues. 

Another important aspect of this innovative strategy is that reprogamming of the hormone receptors could be achieved by repurposing existing drugs that are safe and already approved for other medical purposes, which would vastly increase the speed of translating findings from the laboratory to the clinic. 

Professor Tilley will lead an outstanding collaborative team comprising researchers from the University of Adelaide (Drs Luke Selth and Theresa Hickey), Monash University (Prof Gail Risbridger), Garvan Institute of Medical Research (A/Prof Elgene Lim and Prof Susan Clark), and the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (Dr Jason Carroll). 

The team also incorporates expert advisory groups of clinicians, researchers and patient advocates from around the world, including the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, University of Colorado, and University of North Carolina (USA), the University of Liverpool (UK), University of Toronto (Canada), the Netherlands Cancer Institute (Netherlands) and the Institute of Biology and Experimental Medicine (Argentina).

This research is bringing together the best and brightest cancer researchers in Australia and across the globe, and will be invaluable in our joint efforts to accelerate treatment outcomes for people diagnosed with breast or prostate cancer.
This research project underwent a peer review process involving a panel of experts in clinical and translational research across both the breast and prostate cancer field.

Prostate Cancer Research Alliance

The Program will fund research that leverages Australia's existing strengths in prostate cancer biomedical research to deliver outcomes that can be translated into clinical practice within the next 5 to 7 years.

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Australia
AUD 12,150,000
USA - Mass market, multi-platform public media documentary series & campaign

This project uses a mass market, multi dimensional campaigns to shift populations understanding, attitudes and intentions and ultimately improve health outcomes on a large scale. Focusing on Youth Mental Health we will be working in partnership with PBS to deliver a documentary series supported with educational, digital and in person elements delivered across the USA.

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United States
USD 2,400,000
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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South Africa
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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Spain
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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Ireland
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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Switzerland
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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Sweden
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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United States
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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United Kingdom
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across 15 countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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Canada
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across 15 countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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Australia
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Movember – Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride Clinician Scientist Award - 2017

Clinician Scientist Awards aim to support outstanding, clinically qualified professionals who have gained a PhD in health research, to combine their clinical career with a research career and establish themselves as independent researchers in the field of prostate cancer.

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Australia
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TrueNTH Global Registry

Established in 2017 and operating across 17 countries, the TrueNTH Global Registry is an international project that aims to improve the physical and mental health of men with prostate cancer. Clinicians and hospitals contributing data to TrueNTH Global Registry receive regular, risk-adjusted reports on their patients’ health outcomes as compared to other clinicians and hospitals globally. This will support improvement in clinical practice and patient outcomes over time.

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Australia
Global funding AUD equivalent 20,336,828
Canadian Men's Health & Wellbeing Innovation Challenge

To support the implementation of outside the box proof of concept ideas that disrupt long held assumptions/myths about men and their health which will encourage doing things differently and ultimately lead to improved health outcomes.

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Canada
CAD 1,923,149
Prostate Cancer Outcomes - Registry Australia and New Zealand

The Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry of Australia and New Zealand (PCOR-ANZ) is a clinical quality registry collecting data on the diagnosis, clinical care and outcomes for men living with prostate cancer across Australia and New Zealand.

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Australia
Global funding AUD equivalent 22,397,860
TrueNTH Testicular Cancer

TrueNTH Testicular Cancer is a website, optimised for mobile devices, that aims to bring resources to men who are facing a diagnosis and early treatment for testicular cancer. We have created a resource that delivers information to men to help them navigate the early stages of treatment along with the functionality to connect with a survivor who has lived through the same experience to facilitate peer support and a capacity to seek advice from experts in the field relating to the Testicular Cancer Journey. 

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Australia
AUD 1,180,594
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