Get involved with our research

Enabling real world solutions

Philanthropy helps make our leading research possible, allowing us to address problems in health, society and the environment.

Our researchers draw on the generosity of foundations, individuals and community organisations to support projects that will have major benefits for our society, now and into the future.

Our projects range from sustainable development and greenhouse gas emissions, to better diagnostics for prostate cancer, and programs aimed at reducing tragedies on Australian roads.  Browse our research pages or contact us to find out if QUT is undertaking research in an area or of interest to you.

IHBI

The Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) is one of our major initiatives. IHBI is a collaborative institute devoted to improving the health of individuals through research innovation, located at our Kelvin Grove campus. All gifts to IHBI allow important health research and development to continue.

Research and innovation at the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation

Contact us to discuss the different ways you can give to IHBI

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Make a bequest to QUT in your will to support research

The Samford Environmental Research Facility (SERF)

This 51-hectare property was bequeathed from the estate of renowned entomologist Dr EN ('Patricia') Marks.

Students studying biology through to the design of environmentally sustainable systems visit the research facility in the Samford Valley to learn from its unique environment.

The site serves as a 'supersite' for the national Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network to track greenhouse gas emissions and the impact of urbanisation.

The Samford Environmental Research Facility (SERF)

QUT Body Bequest Program

The gift of your body could make a real difference to medical innovation.

To be able to examine a real human body is a privilege, and the ultimate gift that someone can give to science and medicine. We need support to continue this essential surgical training and teaching.

Contact us to find out how you can leave a non-monetary gift to QUT

All discussions are confidential, and you can remain anonymous if you wish.

Corporate sponsorship

Sponsorship opportunities range from establishing or supporting chairs and academic positions to collaborative research projects.

Chairs and professorships

We welcome long-term industry and community collaboration through the sponsorship of academic positions. These are usually professorial positions, with a research or teaching focus in a mutual area of interest to the sponsor and the university.

Funding normally covers the salary of the academic and a budget to ensure the outcome of their work.

Chairs are currently sponsored in:

• Clinical Nursing - (Royal Brisbane Hospital and the Royal Women's Hospital and Health Service Districts)
• Orthopaedic Research - (Queensland Orthopaedic Research Trust and The Prince Charles Hospital)
• Transport - (Department of Main Roads, Queensland Transport and Queensland Rail)
• Trauma - (Princess Alexandra Hospital)
• Airport Innovation (Brisbane Airport Corporation)
• Innovation Management (Robert Bird Group)

Current sponsored positions at QUT include:

• Senior Research Fellow - AO Spine Centre Research (Queensland Orthopaedic Research Trust)
• Senior Research Fellow - Paediatric Research Group (Mater Health Services and QORT)
• Professor of Infrastructure Engineering (Concrete Masonry Association of Australia)
• Adjunct Professor in Civil and Construction Engineering (Queensland Major Contractors Association).
• Senior Research Fellow in Cancer Nursing (Princess Alexandra Hospital)
• Professor of Nursing Research (Mater Health Services)
• Director Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education (Queensland Health)

Contact us to sponsor a chair, professorship or academic position

'Reach for the Skies' project

Our partnership with the Brisbane Airport Corporation grew from a single collaborative project in 1999. Today we continue to collaborate on a diverse range of projects involving world-class research in airport innovation.

'Reach for the Skies' (PDF file, 2025.01 KB) tells the story of the first ten years of our highly successful partnership.

The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (ACPNS)

As part of QUT Business School, the ACPNS brings together academics and research students with expertise in philanthropy, nonprofit organisations, and the social economy.

The centre has benefited from the support of donors including the Atlantic Philanthropies, who established grants for a centre chair, and conferences on charity law reform and research philanthropy by high-net-worth individuals.

ACPNS

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