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.
2011 Annual Appeal
The UTAS Foundation is aiming to increase the number and value of Annual Appeal Scholarships offered to students each year to five scholarships valued at $5,000 per year.
The Development fund has an ambitious goal of reaching $3 million over the next few years. These goals can only be achieved with the generous support of our alumni and friends. Please provide a UTAS student with the opportunity to excel.
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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.
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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Sue Napier Postgraduate Fellowship in Education Fund
The UTAS Foundation has combined with family and friends of the late Sue Napier in an appeal to raise funds for a perpetual fellowship to allow Tasmanian teachers to undertake additional study – study which will increase their capacity to meet the needs of students in their classrooms. The late Sue Napier was passionate about education – she was a dedicated teacher and mentor to her own students – believing that inspirational teachers and quality teaching were the key to better student outcomes. This passion for education was deep and personal. Shortly before Sue died in 2010 she set up a trust fund, managed by the University of Tasmania Foundation, to financially support a fellowship program. This program was aimed at encouraging practising teachers to develop their skills through postgraduate education. Sue felt that providing this opportunity would empower participating teachers, in her words ‘to make a difference’ for their students. The University Foundation will match dollar for dollar funds raised through this capital-raising program and the University will manage the awarding of the Fellowship each year from 2012.
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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 now or Download the Donation Form.
Sandy Duncanson Social Justice Fund
In June 2010, Tasmanian lawyer and UTAS alumnus Alexander (Sandy) Duncanson died at the age of 37, after surviving cancer for sixteen years. 
In June 2010, Tasmanian lawyer and UTAS alumnus Alexander (Sandy) Duncanson died at the age of 37, after surviving cancer for sixteen years. Sandy was widely respected for his work in the community legal and housing sectors. Recognising Sandy’s profound commitment to social justice, his friends and family have established a fund that will grant a bursary each year to a UTAS student, to support a social justice project or activity. The award will be managed by the Faculty of Law and the Inglis Clark Centre for Civil Society, and recipients will be invited to share outcomes at a public lecture that UTAS will hold each year in Sandy’s name. The Inaugural lecture, held on Monday 2nd May, and presented by the Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG was a great success. View Lecture. We have just reached our minimum target of $60,000! Donations are tax deductible, and the UTAS Foundation will match every $ donated to the end of 2011. Read More or Donate Now to help us provide students with the opportunity to follow their passion for social justice.
Dr Leon Wescombe Memorial Fund
Thanks to the generosity of Leon's family and friends, we have now exceeded $150,000 and are aiming for $200,000. As anyone that was ever fortunate enough to meet him or call him a friend will tell you, Leon was someone who made the most of every moment. Aside from his love for adventure and travel, he was also a passionate medical researcher. During his studies he achieved first class Honours in microbiology and biochemistry at the University of Tasmania, completed a doctoral thesis on gene expression in graves disease and also had numerous papers published researching cystic fibrosis. It is in memory of his life and his achievements that we are raising money for cystic fibrosis research at the Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, so there is greater support for researchers and future students that choose to follow in this inspirational man’s footsteps .
The UTAS Foundation will match every $ donated before 31 December 2011. View the Memorial Slideshow or Donate online now and help us reach our target.
General Donation
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