Donate to Medical Research

Your support will help us focus on the most complex health challenges that we face today.

Thank you for joining us in the fight against devastating disease in the hope of accelerating treatments and in the quest for cures. With your support we will continue to make research discoveries ensuring longer, healthier lives for you and your loved ones.

Online donation is not available to donors outside of Australia and New Zealand. Please consider these other ways to support our research.

All donations over $2 are tax deductible.

Other ways to donate

To make a credit card donation by phone, please call +61 3 9345 2403 (9am to 5pm AEST).

To donate by cheque, please download this donation form.

If you would like to make a donation via bank transfer, please call our Fundraising team on +61 3 9345 2403 or email us at fundraising@wehi.edu.au

To request donation envelopes to use at an event, please contact us on +61 3 9345 2403 or fundraising@wehi.edu.au.

US supporters can donate via the Chapel & York US Foundation, nominating The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research as a recipient.

The impact of your support

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2023 income and expenditure

How are your funds distributed?

Philanthropic funds we receive are distributed towards scientific laboratories, collaborative research projects and programs, cutting edge technology and equipment, and critically important, talent-building fellowships and scholarships to help attract, retain, and reward the brightest scientific minds from across the globe.

Impact of Giving

Our supporters are our partners. See how generous donors have made recent discoveries possible.

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Some other ways you can support us

Include us in your Will

Gifts in Wills of all sizes are a vital source of support for our medical research.

Major philanthropic gifts

Your support is crucial to advancing research to improve the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease.

Gifts in memory

A meaningful way to commemorate your loved one’s life, and provide much-needed support for medical research.

Fundraise for us

There are many ways you can help raise funds for research.

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