The Work We Fund

Funded projects
1,250+
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, Programs
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, Programs.

Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride (DGR) New Concept Grants (NCG) 2016-2017

Movember Funding to Date

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What we seek to achieve

The ultimate goal of this investment is to support first-in-field, high risk approaches that have the potential to generate new and exciting research directions in prostate cancer.

Country
Australia
Co-funded
Distinguished Gentleman's Ride - AUD 398,412
Implemented by
Movember Foundation and Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia
Project start date
January 2016
Project Status
Project Complete

About the project

The New Concept Grant program has two main objectives:
• To encourage rigorous proposals from established prostate cancer researchers who seek funding for new research directions (research that is not already part of their current research program) that will provide direct, tangible benefits to patients with prostate cancer relatively quickly and
• To encourage senior, distinguished scientists with a strong track record of research, not working in the field of prostate cancer, who have innovative ideas or hypotheses, or novel expertise or techniques, to use them to answer important questions about prostate cancer.

The topic of investigation can range from diagnosis to end of life hence a range of expertise is required for their assessment. We have established a database of 160 national and international expert reviewers. Each application is assigned a minimum of two experts for its evaluation. A ranking is developed based on the average weight of the experts scores a decision to fund is made by the Research Advisory Committee.

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