The real world effect

Every contribution you make – every dollar you give – has a positive effect.

Our world faces many challenges. At QUT, we believe that what we create, the problems we solve, and the work we do should address these issues and affect change for the better.

Through philanthropy, donors to the Friends of QUT in America Foundation play a key role in helping us accomplish these goals.

Give the gift of better vision

Although the importance of vision in childhood is widely acknowledged, many children in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities cannot access eye care services or are not aware they are experiencing poor vision. Your support will enable QUT’s Children’s Vision team to provide better vision for more children, giving young people the best possible start in life and a great future.

Save the Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on earth. It’s unthinkable that we could lose it, but crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks and mass coral bleaching threaten its existence. QUT roboticists have developed the world’s first autonomous, underwater robots designed to monitor and control crown-of-thorns starfish populations and support the regeneration of bleached and degraded reefs through innovative ‘coral IVF’ techniques. There is an urgent need for further support to advance this research and actively boost the reef’s capacity to recover.

Save our koalas - Finding the survivors in bushfire affected areas

We need your help to find the koalas and other wildlife that survived the recent devastating bushfires in Australia. QUT researchers are using drones and artificial intelligence detection to map koala populations across Queensland and New South Wales to inform effective conservation decisions. Efforts are now focused on conducting post-bushfire monitoring of koalas over large tracts of affected areas. Your support is vital to help us save our koalas and protect Australian wildlife today and far into the future.

Watch the video to see how we're saving koalas

Support scholarships for students in financial need

The Learning Potential Fund provides scholarships and bursaries to students at a time when, in many cases, their educational aspirations hang in the balance. As the largest perpetual endowment fund of its scale in Australia, it has the potential to create opportunities for promising but financially disadvantaged students forever. With far more applicants than resources, we’re currently only able to help half of the 5000 students who apply per scholarship round. With your help, we can boost the capital base of the endowment and extend much-needed help to all students in need.

Stop disease wiping out one of the world’s staple foods

Backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, QUT researchers have developed vitamin A-enriched bananas that are helping to prevent vitamin deficiency-associated deaths and blindness in children living in developing countries. Production of this vital food source is currently under serious threat from Panama disease tropical race 4 (TR4) and Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV). QUT researchers have already developed varieties of bananas that are resistant to either TR4 or BBTV – we now need to develop crops that are resistant to both. Your support can help secure a reliable food source for some of the world’s most vulnerable people.

Foundation board members

U.S.-based outstanding alumnus Dr Greg Creed flies the flag for QUT as Chair and President of the Friends of QUT in America Foundation. He is joined on the Board by two QUT executives.

Dr. Greg Creed

CHAIR AND PRESIDENT

A QUT Business graduate, Dr. Creed is former CEO of Yum! Brands Inc., a company with revenue of more than $6 billion per annum. He is an Independent Director of the Whirlpool Corporation, a Director of International Game Technology, and a former volunteer Director for Fight2Win (raising money and awareness to cure Hodgkin’s Lymphoma).

Professor Mark Harvey

SECRETARY

Professor Harvey is Vice-President (Business Development), where he oversees the development and management of strategic partnerships with external individuals and organizations in the pursuit of QUT corporate objectives and priorities. Professor Harvey is currently a Director of Sunsuper Pty Ltd and Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland.

Mr. Neil Ainsworth

TREASURER

Mr Ainsworth is QUT's Vice-President (Finance) and Chief Finance Officer, where his team supports the delivery of projects aligned to QUT's strategic priorities. Mr Ainsworth is responsible for the long-term financial sustainability of the university and providing effective oversight of the university’s financial resources and planning.

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