Impact of our donors

Areas to support

There are a number of areas across the University that you can support. Direct your gift to where it matters most to you.

Impact of our donors

Michael Chahine: the brave-heart benefactor

This larger-than-life bohemian activist turned the tragedy of his Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) diagnosis into hope for future generations of MSA patients.

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Professor Judy Simpson: STEM trailblazer

As a biostatistician, Professor Judy Simpson blazed a trail for others to follow. Now, she wants to ensure that all women have an equal opportunity to thrive in STEM.

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An investment in the things that matter

As one of the early graduates of the UNSW School of Law, John Bagnall was in a position to apply his formidable critical thinking skills to the question of where he could make the biggest impact as a donor. His investigation led him to a Gift in Will that would improve the job prospects of UNSW undergraduates, forge new thinking in the energy sector, and foster the culture of campus sport.

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Operation Posidonia: Planting a seahorses’ playground

A Wild Innovator grant from Wild Elements Foundation worth US$100,000 is helping UNSW Sydney marine ecologist Professor Adriana Vergés replant waving seagrass meadows in Sydney’s Gamay Botany Bay.

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From little things...

The pioneering support provided by Geoff Ainsworth AM and Johanna Featherstone of the Oranges & Sardines Foundation was critical to the success of the Uluru Dialogues: a national roadshow of education and consultation in search of a way forward for the constitutional recognition of First Nations peoples. Five years on, resolution is closer than it’s ever been before.

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The big questions

How do we design a health system that works for every Australian, no matter their age, their income or where they live? With a multi-million-dollar grant from The Ian Potter Foundation, that’s the big, complex question the UNSW Centre for Future Health Systems is seeking to answer.

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A legacy born of love, wanderlust and the search for meaning

A scholar of global repute and a gentleman of cherished memory, Professor Roger Layton AM has left a legacy that will play out in the hearts and minds of students, teachers, researchers – and music-lovers, the world over.

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Honouring a debt of gratitude

For David Barnsdall OAM, the decision to leave a Gift in Will was the opportunity to make good on a life enriched by UNSW and its community.

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Access to education: The most powerful gift of all

Associate Professor Richard Millard overcame his own childhood challenges to have a rich life and a deeply fulfilling career. By his own account, the free education of his youth was the catalyst. It’s his hope that the recently announced Millard Scholarship will help young medical students chart a similar course.

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