Your impact
Thanks to your generosity more students in need of support can continue their education, groundbreaking research is addressing local and global challenges, and life-changing programs are ensuring our community thrives.
Your donation is an act of kindness from one person to another. That kindness transforms lives and makes an impact for generations to come.
Thank you
“Receiving a Shaping Futures Student Support Grant was life-changing. It allowed me to access the medical support I needed to succeed in my studies. I’m so grateful to the kind and generous people who made this possible for me. Teaching is where I’m meant to be. But without help, I wouldn’t have the life and job I love.”
Johanna
Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
Shaping Futures Student Support Grant Recipient
Scholarships
With your help, we are increasing the number of scholarships available for students in need of financial support to continue their education. Makaah Darcy, from a regional town, dreamed of studying law at the University of Newcastle. Makaah says believing in herself and receiving the support of a scholarship, turned her dream into a reality.
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Research
Your generosity supports vital research to improve the lives of others. Alumnus Professor Matt Dun and his team from the University of Newcastle, are working to develop breakthrough treatments for the most lethal form of childhood cancer, Diffuse Midline Glioma (DMG), with the generous support of our philanthropic community.
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Community programs
With your kind support, life changing programs are making a big impact in our community. I2N's Female Founders Program is supporting female entrepreneurs, thanks to the backing of generous donors. This innovative program helps women gain visibility in the tech and startup worlds and inspires more women to create lasting social impact.
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The Wonderful Impact of Your Generosity in 2024
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Impact stories
Enduring legacy for environmental protection
A scholarship to remember a friend and alumnus who dedicated his career to environmental conservation and lost his life in service, has been generously extended for ten more years by the NSW Government.
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Breaking into a career in science
Zarah Anderson was entering her final year of a Bachelor of Science (Advanced), majoring in medicinal and organic chemistry, when the stress of studying full-time and working to support herself caught up.
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Generous gifts to celebrate 40 years of good
To mark 40 years since they began in 1982, the Maitland Cancer Appeal Committee set their minds on another remarkable milestone – raising an incredible $400,000 for cancer research at the University.
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Giving back to rural health
Alumna Sophie Welsh is one of our health students from rural and remote areas taking up the challenge to support better health outcomes for rural Australians thanks to generous support available through the Betty Josephine Fyffe Rural Health Scholarships program.
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A passion for equity that continues to change lives
We sadly said goodbye to alumnus Dr Bernard Curran AM last year, but his legacy lives on, including through the Dr Bernard Curran AM Memorial Fund. This will provide an annual named Shaping Futures Scholarship to support our students from diverse backgrounds who have overcome barriers to education.
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New $25 million Mark Hughes Foundation Centre for Brain Cancer Research
Great minds unite: The Mark Hughes Foundation and the University of Newcastle partner in new centre for brain cancer research.
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