Current Appeals
Menzies Research Institute Tasmania Stage II Campaign
Excellence in health care demands excellence in scientific discovery, education and training. Menzies is first and foremost about improving health and saving lives. The Institute is renowned internationally for its innovative research that utilises the unique competitive advantages Tasmania offers, including our island geography, stable population and our extensive genealogical records.We are at the forefront in the fight against disease and intensely committed to this global call for action through ongoing advances in research excellence. You have a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to be part of building one of the Southern Hemisphere’s top medical research centres. When Stage II of the Menzies Research Institute Tasmania (Menzies) is completed in early 2013, some $150 million in new buildings (Stages I and II) will ensure that Menzies continues to directly contribute to better health outcomes for all Tasmanians and all Australians for decades to come. Read more or donate now to the Menzies Stage II Campaign.
2012 Annual Appeal
No matter the size of your gift, supporting the Annual Appeal has an immediate and positive impact, creating life-changing experiences that last students a lifetime. Through the Annual Appeal you can support the Annual Appeal Scholarships and the Development Fund. Alternatively, you can designate your gift to a program, faculty or appeal that matters most to you such as the Save the Tasmanian Devil Appeal, the Old Hobartian Centenary Scholarship, the Arthur Cobbold Memorial Lecture Appeal or the faculty where you studied. Whatever you choose to support, your contribution will make a life-changing impact on the current and future students of UTAS. .
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Scholarships
The Tasmania Scholarships Program provides over 900 students with significant financial and academic support to study at the University of Tasmania at a time they most need it. Gifts made to the UTAS Foundation allow us to provide over 350 of the available scholarships to UTAS students. The generosity and practical support our donors give to many UTAS students is reflected in the increased opportunities and experiences that the University is able to provide. Many students describe their scholarship as giving them a life changing experience and the opportunity to excel. With enrolment numbers increasing each year to almost 20,000 students, the need for further scholarships is still a vital one. Read more or contact the UTAS Foundation now.
Wicking 2012 iRemember Community Project
The Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, a flagship of the UTAS Faculty of Health Science, was established in 2008 to research and support issues confronting people with dementia and their carers. The Wicking Centre is seeking your support for the iRemember community project. In partnership with the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) our researchers are consulting people with dementia and their carers through reminiscence therapy. The iRemember cases contain memorabilia from the 1930s to the 1970s such as "In the kitchen", designed to take you 'down memory lane' through touch, sight, sound, and smell, with the intention of promoting communication and we hope to improve well-being. Read more | donate online | Download Donation Form.
Old Hobartian Centenary Scholarship
2013 marks the centenary of the founding of Hobart High School and its successor institutions, Hobart Matriculation College and Hobart College. To celebrate the significant milestone in educational attainment for Tasmania, the Old Hobartian Association has launched an appeal to former students and to the wider community to raise the capital funds needed to create a perpetual scholarship. The Old Hobartian Centenary Scholarship from 2013 onwards will annually support students graduating from Hobart College to study in any discipline at the University of Tasmania. Read more | Donate online
Surveying and Spatial Sciences Scholarship Program
The Surveying and Spatial Sciences Scholarships Program is used to encourage and assist undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students with scholarships based on academic ability and/or particular need. Dr Tony Sprent has generously offered to match donations received through this 40th Anniversary Fundraising appeal up to a total of $25,000. Donate online now.
Save the Tasmanian Devil Appeal
The Save the Tasmanian Devil Appeal is the formal fundraising arm of the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program and is coordinated by the UTAS Foundation. Since it began in 2003, the Appeal has raised upwards of nine hundred thousand dollars in corporate and public support for the devil, funding research grants, scholarships and management programs. Read more or donate online now.
Dr Judith Homeshaw Scholarship
The late Dr Judith Homeshaw was a loved and respected member of staff in the School of Government. Family, friends and colleagues have launched an appeal to raise funds to create an annual scholarship in her name for a student entering an honours course at UTAS. The Dr Judith Homeshaw Scholarship will support a student in any faculty whose honours thesis will relate to those areas which Judith was passionate about: Women's participation in the contemporary Australian public sphere with respect to any of: work and employment; government; politics; health care; or science. Contemporary public policy in Australia with respect to any of: women; science; health care; or policy community theory. The inaugural scholarship will be awarded to a student commencing honours in the 2012 academic year. Your donation will be gratefully received and will assist in making this scholarship a most fitting tribute to Judith and her work. All donations are tax deductible in Australia.Donate online or download donation form.
Arthur Cobbold Memorial Lecture Appeal
No early alumnus of the UTAS School of Medicine needs an introduction to Arthur Cobbold. From 1964, when he arrived as Foundation Professor of Physiology, to his retirement 21 years later – with 13 of those years as Dean of Medicine – he very much shaped the School and the lives of many of those in it. It is a fitting memorial to the late Professor Cobbold that an annual lecture on contemporary medical issues will again influence medical thinking in Tasmania and that the support to endow this lecture in perpetuity will come from those who were themselves most closely influenced by his work and mentorship.
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Leo Cooper-White Memorial Scholarship Appeal
The family and friends of Leo Cooper-White, together with the UTAS Foundation, are seeking support for the Leo Cooper-White Memorial Scholarship Appeal which will establish a scholarship at the University of Tasmania’s School of Visual and Performing Arts (SVPA). Leo was a third year student at the UTAS School of Visual and Performing Arts. On 18 March 2011, Leo’s life was cut short in a tragic accident. We are aiming to raise $30,000 which the UTAS Foundation has agreed to match dollar for dollar for a total of $60,000, to endow an annual scholarship in Leo’s name.
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Kate McPherson Scholarship Trust
The Trustees of Kate McPherson’s estate and the UTAS Foundation have established a trust fund in Kate’s name to fulfil her wishes to create a generous perpetual scholarship to allow students from Fiji to come to Tasmania to undertake postgraduate studies in education. Donations can be made online on the UTAS Foundation General Donation form, please type Kate McPherson Scholarship Trust into the “Gift Purpose and/or comments” section or by filling in and returning the donation form attached. Donate Online or Download the Donation Form.
General Donation
When making a general donation to the University of Tasmania you may wish to nominate how you prefer your donation to be applied, using the comments section of the donation form.
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