While almost half of young Australians have a university degree, this falls to just 18 per cent in our regions. For First Nations’ young people, it’s less than 10 per cent. We’re determined to give students in rural and regional communities the same high-quality educational experiences and opportunities as their metropolitan counterparts.

Create Opportunity

Your support will help us:

• Offer more scholarships to help disadvantaged students overcome financial barriers.
• Create seamless pathways to university for students from diverse backgrounds.
• Expand our comprehensive student support, experience, mentoring and internship programs to empower students to overcome challenges and reach their full potential.
• Invest in state-of-the-art teaching facilities and accommodation, including creating a teaching hub for new and emerging technologies.

With your support, we will build more powerful and resilient communities where people can thrive, be healthy, and be stronger in the face of threats including climate change.

Strengthen Communities

Your support will help us:

• Invest further in ground-breaking research in areas such as healthcare, AI and rural digital infrastructure security, driving discoveries and equipping rural and regional areas to thrive in the digital age.
• Train the regional workforce to ensure a sustainable supply of skilled professionals in critical fields - teachers, doctors, pharmacists, nurses, police officers - and meet the evolving needs of rural and regional communities.
• Support workforce development in regional and metropolitan areas through facilities that encourage innovation and collaboration with local service providers, such as our rural interprofessional health simulation centre.

We stand proudly among the world’s top two per cent of universities for our work on climate action, with outstanding results in Clean Water and Sanitation and global partnerships towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings.

Protect our future

Your support will help us:

• Foster agricultural innovation, supporting research and practices that drive sustainable farming methods and tackle the challenges posed by food security and climate change.
• Further engage in water and environmental research to address water management issues, environmental conservation and the preservation of natural resources.
• Develop the National Centre for Biosecurity, the nation’s most significant centre for research, innovation and training focused on protecting agriculture and industry in Australia and the Asia Pacific region from pests and diseases.

Underpinning everything we do is a commitment to engage with, learn from and champion First Nations peoples. We are committed to investing in First Nations peoples’ success in higher education as students, graduates, researchers and staff, driven by our firm belief that the responsibility and opportunity lies with every one of us.

Empower First Nations Voices

Your support will help us:

• Further develop and invest in First Nations scholarships and support pathways into agriculture, science, engineering and mathematics, including through partnership initiatives such as the First Nations Agriculture initiative and the CSIRO Indigenous STEM Scholarship program endowment.
• Establish the Yindyamarra Trust, led by Stan Grant, to create a national meeting place for thought leadership on issues of justice, faith, equity and belonging.
• Advance a comprehensive program of public engagement, leadership and research activities, supported by substantial investment in talent through professorships, fellowships and PhD studentships.