Annual Appeal - Flinders University

Together, we are Flinders. Together, we are Fearless

When you make a gift to Flinders, you play a powerful role in spurring the curiosity, courage and commitment in our students, teachers and researchers—you turn uncertainty into opportunity and empower our community to be bolder, reach further, and do more. Your gifts to the Appeal help fuel the fearless.

If you share our commitment to ensuring every student has the confidence to overcome adversity to achieve their goals, please make financial security one less concern by supporting our Matthew Flinders Scholarship Fund.

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If you are passionate about discovery and the fearless pursuit of knowledge, please support our emerging researchers through the Flinders University Research Fund.

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If you believe in the courageous conversations helping to drive reconciliation in Australia, please support our cultural collection at FUMA through the Art Gallery and Museum Fund.

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Your donation to Flinders University Priorities (Karmel Endowment Fund) helps to takes action where it is needed most to change lives and our world for the better.

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100% of your donation will be directed towards the fund you identify, all donations $2 and over are tax deductible within Australia. If you are giving from overseas please learn more about our International Giving Program. If you are a member of our staff please learn more about our Staff Workplace Giving Program. Thank you in advance for considering a donation to education and research.

Fearlessly embracing the future

The past 18+ months have drawn on all our reserves of resilience. During that time, we have learnt so much about the power of our communities to keep each other strong. And even more about what it means to be fearless—to have the courage to persevere in the face of overwhelming challenges.

Degrees of Perseverance

Hannah was in her third year of study towards a Bachelor of Nutrition & Dietetics when COVID struck and she needed to adapt...

New home in a country practice

Tony Shou has just begun his dream job in rural South Australia after completing his nursing degree...

Overcoming isolation through service

Master of Social Work student, Wenyue Song, misses her family but is finding new rewards in her placement experience supporting children and families in Adelaide.

Clear view to career in eye care

Fourth-year optometry student Amy Ricks was shocked to hear the cost of the $6,000 optometry kit she needed for her course, with help from a donor-funded scholarship she has her career in sight.

Thank you so much for your generosity. It has been a hard two years for many people, and I am so grateful you took the opportunity to support Flinders students.

Hannah Purtle, Bachelor of Nutrition & Dietetics student and Matthew Flinders Scholarship recipient

Creating pathways to the extraordinary

Supporting our emerging researchers is critically important not only for the discoveries they make now, but for their lifetime contribution to Australia’s knowledge economy, and the health, wellbeing and thriving of our communities.

Unique discovery takes unexpected turns

Associate Professor Justin Chalker’s research led to the discovery of extraordinary sulphur-based polymers that can be recycled endlessly and also serve an array of environmentally significant needs.

Preserving biodiversity in our precious green spaces

With the help of Impact Seed Funding of $10,000, a small research team led by Flinders University ecologist Dr Martin Breed

Sit less, move more

Dr Claire Baldwin leads the design of new guidelines for solving a problem that has plagued healthcare professionals for more than 70 years—how to help the most at-risk people in hospital get moving for better post-care health outcomes.