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.

The Movember Revolutionary Team Award: Adaptive Response to Targeting the Androgen Axis: A Strategic Offensive on Resistance

Movember Funding to Date

AUD 6,250,000

What we seek to achieve

These discoveries will revolutionise the treatment of advanced prostate cancer by investigating the adaptive response of prostate cancer cells and tumours to androgen targeted therapies (ATTs) and strategically developing drugs to be used in combination or in sequence with ATT in order to improve and prolong the lives of men living with advanced prostate cancer.

Country
Australia
Implemented by
Movember Foundation and Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia
Project start date
July 2014
Project Status
Project Complete

About the project

This team’s expertise in prostate cancer and highly relevant combination of skill sets and biological resources will enable them to uncover innovative insights of the adaptive response of prostate cancer to ATT. They have chosen specific biological pathways to be investigated because they have convincing evidence that they are consistently activated in men with prostate cancer and their corresponding tumour models in response to ATT, they have significant implications in cancer progression and treatment resistance and they have novel and re-purposed drugs to target these pathways.

The ultimate goal of this program is to capitalise on adaptive pathways activated by inhibition of the androgen axis to identify and strategically develop drugs to be used in combination or in sequence with ATT to improve outcomes in advanced prostate cancer.

The MRTA has provided an excellent team-based, collaborative and translational environment to provide a range of training and professional development opportunities. The MRTA1 team is highly integrated and interacts well with the other two MRTA teams nationally and internationally (Canada).

The MRTA1 management committee has also established a scientific advisory board (SAB) comprising senior experts with expertise in both clinical and basic prostate cancer research.

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 6,150,000
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
Men in Mind

The vision of this project is to be the ‘go to’ training resource for clinicians across the world seeking to (a) understand the needs and preferences of men, (b) gain training to better understand and respond to men's distress, (c) increase their confidence and competence in engaging with male client's, and (d) provide a gate way to Movember’s other tools, resources to stay mentally healthy and well.

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Australia
Global Funding AUD 1,521,959
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 18,228,055
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 18,228,055
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 18,228,055
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 18,228,055
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 18,228,055
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 18,228,055
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 18,228,055
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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Canada
Global Funding AUD 18,228,055
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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Australia
Global Funding AUD 18,228,055
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

Operating across 13 Movember countries, the TrueNTH Global Registry is an international project that aims to significantly improve the physical and mental health of men with prostate cancer.

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Australia
Global Funding AUD 18,178,871
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

To establish a bi-national population based registry of men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer in order to build evidence that supports risk adjusted feedback reports for hospitals and clinicians and helps deliver improved quality of treatment and care to patients.

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Australia
AUD 22,397,860
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