Royal Australian & New Zealand College Of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists

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Annual Giving

$8.2M

About

The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) is an education body that, through its Women's Health Foundation, supports high-quality, innovative research and training in women's health across Australia and New Zealand. The College also actively engages in advocacy, influencing federal policy and developing programs to improve maternity care, particularly in rural and remote areas.

Tips for Applicants

Applicants should align their proposals with improving women's health, obstetrics, gynaecology, and reproductive sciences. Emphasize high-quality, innovative research and demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement. Early-career researchers are particularly encouraged. Proposals addressing health outcomes in rural, regional, and remote areas, or focusing on priority populations, may be viewed favorably.

Giving Philosophy

RANZCOG's Women's Health Foundation proudly supports promising medical researchers and scientists, including young researchers, pursuing high-quality, innovative research and training in women’s health. It aims for continuous improvement in obstetrics, gynaecology, and reproductive sciences, and awards research scholarships, fellowships, and travel grants to advance careers and foster new solutions.

Notable Grants

■Arthur Wilson Memorial Scholarship to Dr Teresa MacDonald (University of Melbourne) for 'Checkpoints of placental health during pregnancy to minimise stillbirth risk'

■Ella Macknight Memorial Scholarship to Dr Katayoun Taghavi (International Agency for Research on Cancer) for 'DNA methylation testing and vaginal microbiome analysis for detection of cervical pre-cancer treatment failure among women living with HIV in Zimbabwe'

■Ferring Research Grant to Dr Alina Roman (The Mercy Hospital for Women) for 'TNF-alpha inhibitors to rescue pathophysiological features of preeclampsia: Ex vivo biologic proof of principle in human gestational tissue.'

■Fotheringham Research Fellowship to Dr Sean Carter (National University of Singapore – Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine) for 'Targeted analysis of maternal plasma cell-free RNA as a minimally invasive test for fetal lung maturation'

■Glyn White Research Fellowship to Dr Roshan Selvaratnam (Monash University) for 'Perinatal events and childhood school outcomes'

■Robert Wrigley Pain Research Scholarship to Dr Tarana Lucky (The Royal Women’s Hospital) for 'Profiling microbiota in women with endometriosis — a case control study'

■RANZCOG NSW State Committee Trainee Research Grant to Dr d’Arcy Baxter (Royal North Shore Hospital) for 'Every woman, right care, right place, every time.'

■RANZCOG NSW State Committee Trainee Research Grant to Dr Helena Obermair (Westmead Hospital) for 'The impact of epidemiological factors and patterns of care on outcomes in vulva cancer patients.'

■RANZCOG NSW State Committee Fellow Research Grant to Dr James Brown (Westmead Hospital) for 'Developing a modular antenatal risk stratification algorithm to improve safety, cost effectiveness, and patient choice'

■RANZCOG NSW State Committee Fellow Research Grant to Dr Hillary Hu (Westmead Hospital) for 'eHealth interventions for Preeclampsia'

■Jean Murray Jones Scholarship to Dr Sebastian Leathersich (Dexeus Mujer Spain) for 'Biomarkers of poor ovarian response'

■NSW State Committee Travelling Scholarship to Dr Kumar Praneel (Port Moresby General Hospital)

■Brown Craig Travelling Fellowship to Dr Reema Kohli (Purohit General Hospital and Research Centre)

■Brown Craig Travelling Fellowship to Dr Jenny Yang (Moi Teaching Referral Hospital)

ACNC Financial History

Year	Grants Given	Revenue	Total Assets	Net Assets
FY2023	—	$31.7M	$70.6M	$44.6M
FY2022	—	$25.5M	$66.1M	$41.9M
FY2021	—	$31.9M	$70.8M	$43.6M
FY2020	$8.2M $8.1M AU + $67K intl	$25.6M	$46.5M	$22.2M
FY2019	$6.0M $5.9M AU + $76K intl	$21.3M	$43.1M	$22.2M
FY2018	$4.8M	$19.7M	$41.1M	$23.3M
FY2017	$6.3M	$21.4M	$36.3M	$22.9M
7yr total	$25.2M	Source: ACNC Annual Information Statements