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.

Man Up - A documentary on masculinity and mental health in Australian men

Movember Funding to Date

AUD 3,121,389

What we seek to achieve

To raise awareness about male mental health and suicide, while challenging harmful masculine norms and encouraging help-seeking, by developing and evaluating a TV documentary and digital media campaign.

Country
Australia
Implemented by
University of Melbourne & Heiress Films
Project start date
December 2014
Project Status
Completed December 2020

About the project

Man Up came about through a collaboration between the Movember Foundation, the University of Melbourne and Heiress Films. It was motivated by the fact that over 2,000 men and boys take their own lives in Australia each year. The team hypothesised that masculine norms – that is, the internalised perceptions of what is acceptable and expected male behaviour that guides how men act – might exert an influence on this. Man Up is a 3-part documentary that explores the relationship between masculinity and suicide. It was designed as a large-scale intervention to challenge masculine norms and encourage men to lower their guard and reach out to others when times are tough.

Man Up was screened by the ABC in primetime over three consecutive weeks in October and November 2016, plus there has been subsequent screenings on the ABC and other platforms such as Stan. The documentary was accompanied by a comprehensive digital campaign comprising a website and a social media. A multi-faceted evaluation of Man Up was conducted, which showed that Man Up was efficacious in terms of increasing men’s likelihood of seeking help in tough times and shifting views of masculinity. These outcomes were positive and made all the more so by the fact that the documentary, and the digital campaign that surrounded it, had such a broad reach.

Man Up demonstrated the potential to save the lives of men by shining a spotlight on the relationship between masculinity and suicide via a large-scale intervention. The Man Up project was overseen by an Advisory Group made up of expert researchers, clinicians and program managers in mental health and suicide prevention.

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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