The St George & Sutherland Medical Research Foundation is an independent not-for-profit which supports the work of the medical research community at St George and Sutherland hospitals - two of Australia's leading teaching hospitals. We raise funds through both public and corporate donations, as well as through a suite of exciting fundraising events. These events are run under the Foundation's own unique LifeSupport banner. The funds that we raise are then distributed to eligible researchers through a rigorous funding round. The Foundation tries where possible to focus on up-and-coming researchers and on new and innovative research projects. We also fund capacity building projects that align with our objectives. To date we have supported projects from a broad spectrum of research fields. This reflects the Foundation's belief that a robust and varied research mix lies at the heart of a major teaching hospital.