Philanthropy Manager
Email: philanthropy@science.org.au
Phone: + 61 2 6201 9400
Since its creation by Royal Charter in 1954, gifts and legacies from Fellows and friends have helped the Australian Academy of Science to maintain a degree of financial independence.
Many of our core activities such as scientific meetings, advice to support policy development, publications, education, public awareness and outreach, international activities, awards and fellowships would not be possible without your support.
Support given through general donations is directly responsible for strengthening the Academy’s achievements. Each time you make a gift through our annual tax or special appeals, you help to make the Academy a vital, viable and visible presence in our region.
The research of Australian scientists forms the foundation on which we build our future. It’s vitally important that we capture their stories and preserve and digitise their research — but we need your help
We are deeply grateful to the following individuals and organisations for their extraordinary generosity. Our Academy Pillars have, over time, contributed an outstanding level of support to the Australian Academy of Science.
Donations of or valued at $500,000 +
In perpetuity
Sir Jack Ellerton Becker FAA
Estate of Thomas Lewis Davies
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
FJ Fenner AC CMG MBE FAA FRS and Mrs Bobbie Fenner
Dr Margaret Middleton
The Royal Society (UK)—Theo Murphy (Australia) Fund
Estate of Ian Gordon Ross AO FAA
Estate of Miss JG Russell
Professor John Shine AC FAA
Telstra Foundation
Professor G W Kenneth Cavill Bequest
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The Australian Academy of Science acknowledges the support of donors who gave generously over the past 12 months. Their support plays a critical role in helping the Academy achieve its mission.
Members of Academy Pillars, Presidents’ Circle and Science Circle donor groups receive acknowledgement on the Donor Boards in the foyer of the Shine Dome and in the Academy's annual report.
Donations of or valued at $100,000 – $499,999
David W Anstice AO
Professor Michael Barber AO FAA FTSE
Dr Jon Day PSM
The Finkel Foundation
Mr Doug Hooley PSM
The Ian Potter Foundation
Dr Anna Rickards
Minderoo Foundation
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Donations of or valued at $20,000 – $99,999
Professor Michael Barber AO FAA FTSE
Dr Jon Day PSM
The Finkel Foundation
Mr Doug Hooley PSM
Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC FAA FTSE
Dr Anna Rickards
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Members of all other donor groups receive acknowledgement on the website, and receive regular donor updates and newsletters. The Academy is pleased to welcome donors into our giving programs, enabling us to thank and recognise them for their commitment in their giving.
Donations of or valued at $10,000 – $19,999 (Incorporating Celebrate Science Donors)
The Selby Foundation
Professor Terry Speed FAA FRS
Professor Colin Sullivan FAA
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Donations of or valued at $5,000 – $9,999 (Incorporating Celebrate Science Donors)
Professor Warrick Couch FAA
Dr Ken McCracken AO FAA FTSE
Estate of the Late Professor John Newton FAA
Professor Leo Radom AC FAA
Dr Rosalie Schultz
Emeritus Professor Jim S Williams AO FAA FTSE
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Donations of or valued at $1,000 – $4,999
Professor Brian Anderson AC FAA FRS FTSE
Dr Alexis Berry
Professor John Chalmers AC FAA FAHMS
Professor John Church AO FAA FTSE
Professor Peter Colman AC AFF FTSE FRS
Professor Fred Mendelsohn AO FAA
Mr John Ralph AC FAA ATSE
Dr Richard Richards FAA FTSE
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Celebrate Science Donors
Donations of $1,000 and over to the Celebrate Science Copper Tile Campaign
Dr Ian Allison AO FAA
Professor Brian Anderson AC FAA FRS FTSE
Professor Marilyn Anderson AO FAA FTSE
Professor James Angus AO FAA FAHMS
Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society (AMMS)
Emeritus Professor Hans Bachor AM FAA
Professor Michael Barber AO FAA FTSE
Professor Perry Bartlett AO FAA
Professor Tony Basten AO FAA FTSE
Professor Rodney Baxter FAA FRS
Professor Sam Berkovic AC FAA FAHMS FRS
Professor Debra Bernhardt FAA
Professor Linda Blackall FAA
Dr Keith Boardman AO FAA FRS FTSE
Professor Emeritus Alan Bond FAA
Professor Emeritus Max Brennan AO FAA
Professor Maria Byrne FAA
Professor John Carter AM FAA FIEAust FTSE
Dr Mary Carver
Professor John Chalmers AC FAA FRACP
Professor Steven Chown FAA
Professor Arthur Christopoulos FAA FAHMS
Emeritus Professor Ian Chubb AC FAA FACE FTSE
Dr Gregory Clark AC FAA FTSE
Professor Suzanne Cory AC FAA FRS and Professor Jerry Adams FAA FRS
Professor Warrick Couch FAA
Professor David Craik FAA
Professor Noel Cressie FAA
Professor David Day FAA
Professor Robert Dewar
Professor Peter Doherty AC FAA FAHMS FRS Nobel Laureate
Professor Joanne Etheridge FAA
Professor Denis James Evans AM FAA FRACI
Professor John R Evans FAA
Professor Graham Farquhar AO FAA FRS
Dr Alan Finkel AO FAA FTSE FAHMS
Dr Jean Finnegan FAA
Professor Ian Frazer AC FAA FRS FTSE
Professor Julian Gale FAA
Professor Jozef Gécz FAA FAHMS
Geophysicists from the Research School of Earth Sciences at ANU
Professor Robert (Bob) Gilbert FAA
Professor Andrew Gleadow AO FAA FGSAust
Professor Robert Graham AO FAA
Professor David Craik FAA FRS
Professor Jennifer Graves AO FAA
Professor Kliti Grice FAA
Professor Ruth Hall OAM FAA
Professor Glenda Halliday FAA FAHMS
Professor Doug Hilton AO FAA FTSE FAHMS
Professor Paul Hodges FAA
Professor Andrew Holmes AC FAA FRS FTSE
Professor Wendy Hoy AO FAA
Professor Ian Jackson FAA
Professor Brian Kennett AO FAA FRS
Professor Anthony (Tony) Klein AM FAA
Professor Philip Kuchel AM FAA
Professor Kurt Lambeck AO FAA FRS FRSN
Professor Johannes Lambers FAA
Professor Emeritus Kerry Landman FAA
Professor Eugenie Lumbers AM FAA FRSN
Dr Dick Manchester FAA
Professor Helene Marsh AO FAA FTSE
Professor Barry Marshall AC FAA FAHMS FRS Nobel Laureate
Associate Professor Lisa Martin
Professor Jennifer L Martin AC FAA
Professor Boris Martinac FAA
Professor Ivan Marusic FAA
Professor David McClelland FAA
Professor Trevor McDougall AC FAA FRS
Emeritus Professor Bruce McKellar
Emeritus Professor Elspeth McLachlan FAA
Mr David Moodie
Professor Stephen Opat
Professor Suzanne O’Reilly AM FAA
Professor Robyn Owens FAA
Professor Michael Parker FAA FAHMS
Dr John Passioura FAA
Professor John Patrick FAA
Dr William Peacock AC FAA FRS FTSE
Professor Robert Porter AC FAA
Professor Hugh Possingham FAA
Emeritus Professor Cheryl Praeger AC FAA
John Ralph AC FAA ATSE
Professor Mark Randolph AO FAA FTSE FRS
Professor Colin Raston AO FAA
Professor Roger Reddel AO FAA FAHMS
Professor Linda Richards AO FAA FAHMS
Dr Stephen Rintoul AO FAA AAM
Professor Andrew Roberts AM FAA FAHMS
Professor Alison Rodger FAA
Professor Louise Ryan FAA
Professor Elaine Sadler AO FAA
Professor Lois Salamonsen FAA FRANZCOG (hon)
Professor Brian Schmidt AC FAA FRS Nobel Laureate
Professor Susan Scott FAA
Professor Timothy Senden
Professor Frances Separovic AO FAA
Professor John Shine AC PresAA FAHMS (Hon) FRS
Emeritus Professor Ian Sloan AO FAA FRSN
Professor Frank Smith FAA
Professor Jonathon Sprent FAA FRS
Professor Tamarapu Sridar AO FAA FTSE
Dr Roger Summons FAA FRS
Professor Roger Tanner FAA FRS FTSE
Professor Dacheng Tao FAA
Professor Richard Tarala
Professor San Thang AC FAA FTSE
Professor Neil Trudinger FAA FRS
Professor Steve Tyerman FAA
Susanne von Caemmerer FAA FRS
Dr Brian Walker AO FAA FTSE
Professor Xu-Jai Wang FAA
Professor Rachel Webster AO FAA
Professor Erich Weigold AM FAA FTSE
Professor Jim Whelan FAA
Professor John White AO FAA FRS
Dr Maxwell Whitten AM FAA
Professor Bryan Williams FAA
Professor James Williams FAA
Professor Robert Williamson AO FAA FAHMS(Hon) FRS
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Donors $500 – $999 (Incorporating Celebrate Science part dedications)
Professor Michael Alpers AO CSM FAA FRS
Professor Benjamin Andrews FAA
Professor Maria Byrne FAA
Professor Michael Cowling FAA
Dr Cathy Foley AO FAA FTSE
Professor Jenny Graves AC FAA
Professor Anne Kelso AO FAA Fahms
Professor Helene Marsh AO FAA FTSE
Professor Sven Ole Warnaar FAA
Dr Bob Watts FAA FTSE
Emeritus Professor Jim S Williams AO FAA FTSE
Professor Susanne von Caemmerer FAA FRS
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Donors up to $499 (Incorporating Celebrate Science part dedications)
Professor Marilyn Anderson AO FAA FTSE
Professor James Angus AO FAA FAHMS
Professor Michael Archer AM FAA FRSN
Professor Adrian Baddeley FAA
Dr Stuart Barrow
Professor Robin Batterham AO FAA FTSE
Professor Robert Baxter AM FAA
Professor Martin Bennett FAA FRS
Emeritus Professor David Blair FAA
Dr Keith Boardman AO FAA FRS FTSE
Ms Stacey Bolto
Dr Helen Bromhead
Professor Henry Burger AO FAA FRACP
Professor Tom Calma AO FAA
Mrs Olga Case
Debbie Chambers
Dr Jun Chen
Professor Steven Chown FAA
Emeritus Professor Ian Chubb AC FAA FACE FTSE
Professor John Church AO FAA FTSE
Professor Matthew Colless FAA
Anton Cook
Mrs Sue Cooke
Lynette D’Alton
Dr Kishor Dabke
Professor Nanda Dasgupta FAA
April Davis
Lance Davis
Professor Ian Dawes FAA FRSN
Professor Bob Dewar FAA
Ms Minh Doan
Professor David Doddrell AM FAA
Edna Dundas
John Eaton
Ms Vanessa Eckhaus
Professor Murray Esler AM FAA
Professor Jo Etheridge FAA
Professor John Evans FAA
Ms Amie Fisher
Ms Larissa Fedunik - Hofman
Mrs Amy Fuller
Ms Susan Funder
Christian Garland
Professor Jozef Gécz FAA FAHMS
Professor Andy Gleadow AO FAA FGSAust
Professor Chris Goodnow FAA FRS
Professor Adele Green AC FAA FAHMS
Professor Franz Grieser FAA
Professor Bill Griffin
Professor Bob Graham AO FAA
Professor David Groves FAA
Rachana Gupta
Mr Ralph Hales
Kathryn Hadleigh
Mr Ralph Hales
Professor Glenda Halliday FAA
Steve Ham
Professor Peter Hannaford FAA
Ms Jeni Harlim
Dr Hal Hatch AM FAA FRS
Dr TJ Higgins AO FAA FTSE
Professor David Hill FAA FTSE
Ms Kathryn Hines
Professor Gyorgy Hutvagner
Professor Graeme Jameson AO FAA FTSE FRS
Professor The Honourable Barry Jones AC FAA FTSE FAHA FASSA
Mrs Janis Johnson
Professor Brian Kennett AO FAA FRS
Mr Joshua King
Diana Kirby
Mrs Amanda Knol
Professor David de Kretser AC FAA FTSE FAHMS
Krystina Lamb
Professor Peter Lay FAA FRACI
Chong-Yong Lee
Professor Catherine Lovelock FAA
Professor Maria Makrides FAA FAHMS
Professor Max Lu AO FAA FTSE
Professor Boris Martinac FAA
Professor Thomas Maschmeyer FAA FTSE
Professor David McClelland FAA
Mr Clark McCallum
Professor Malcolm McCulloch FAA FRS
Professor Trevor McDougall AC FAA FRS
Felicity McGrath
Professor Bob McIntosh AO FAA
Emeritus Professor Elspeth McLachlan FAA
Ms Kelly McMahon
Professor Kerrie Mengersen FAA
Mrs Joan Merrell
Professor Craig Moritz FAA
Professor Paul Mulvaney FAA
Ms Sheryl Navin
Professor Barbara Nowak FAA
Dame Brigid Ogilvie AC DBE FAA FRS
Professor Suzanne O’Reilly AM FAA
Dr John O’Sullivan FAA FTSE
Dr John O’Sullivan FAA FTSE
Professor Charles Osmond FAA FRS
Paul Pavli
Jill Peterson
Professor David Pegg FAA CorrFRSE
Mr William Pearce
Ms Supriya Perera
Professor Jim Pittard AM FAA
Professor Barry Pogson FAA
Emeritus Professor Harry Poulos AM FAA FTSE
Emeritus Professor Cheryl Praeger AC FAA
Professor Colin Raston AO FAA
Professor Roger Redell AO FAA FAHMS
Dr Steve Rintoul FAA
Professor Andrew Roberts AM FAA FAHMS
Professor Louise Ryan FAA
Professor Elaine Sadler AO FAA
Professor Vicki Sara AO FAA FTSE
Dr Agus Santoso
Dr Katherine Sawford
Professor Frances Separovic AO FAA
Kerry Sheehan
Dr Denise Sherer
Katarina Simunic
Professor Frank (Andrew) Smith FAA
Professor David Smyth FAA
Professor Terry Speed FAA FRS
Professor Fiona Stanley AC FAA FAHMS(Hon) FASSA
Professor Martina Stenzel FAA
Margaret St Hill
Professor George Stephenson FAA
Professor Patrick Tam FAA FRS FAHMS
Mrs Ruth Tiffen
Dr Elizabeth Truswell FAA
Mr Sudheer Vasist
Professor Bob Vincent AM FAA
Susanne von Caemmerer FAA FRS
Professor Xu-Jia Wang FAA
Professor Robin Warren AC FAA Nobel Laureate
Professor Peter Waterhouse FAA
Professor Alan Welsh FAA
Professor Jim Whelan FAA
Professor Cynthia Whitchurch FAA
Dr Maxwell Whitten AM FAA
Mrs Launa Wyatt
Professor Bryan Williams FAA
Dr George Williams FAA
Simon Williams
Professor Howard Wiseman FAA
Professor John Zillman AO FAA FTSE
Professor Albert Zomaya FAA
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NOTE: Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this report. We sincerely apologise if any error or omission has occurred. If you notice an error or omission please notify Academy of Science on 02 6201 9400.
All donations will be acknowledged for a period of twelve months. This list will be updated quarterly. Last updated April 2022.
Donations totalling over $500,000
In perpetuity
The Academy is honoured to admit its most significant and transformative donors to the Academy Pillars, the Academy’s highest recognition for philanthropy. Academy Pillars’ names are placed on the exclusive Donor Board in the foyer of the Shine Dome at the Academy and receive special invitations to private events with visiting Nobel Laureates and Corresponding Members. They also receive invitations to celebrations, lectures and soirees, private viewings of archives, dinners with Council, award of a plaque to keep and display, acknowledgement in the Annual Report, acknowledgement on the website and receive regular donor updates and quarterly newsletters.
Sir Jack Ellerton Becker FAA
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Frank J Fenner AC CMG MBE FAA FRS and Mrs Bobbie Fenner
Professor John Shine AO FAA
Ian Gordon Ross AO FAA
Estate of Thomas Lewis Davies
Estate of Dr William H Gladstones
Estate of Miss JG Russell
Dr Margaret Middleton
The Royal Society (UK)—Theo Murphy (Australia) Fund
Telstra
Professor G W Kenneth Cavill Bequest
The Ian Potter Foundation
1 Anonymous
Donations totalling $100,000 – $499,999
In perpetuity
The President’s Circle has been created to recognise generous gifts of or valued at $100,000. Members of the President’s Circle have their name on the Donor Board in the foyer of the Shine Dome, and receive special invitations to private events with visiting Nobel Laureates and Corresponding Members. They also receive invitations to celebrations, lectures and soirees, private viewings of archives, dinners with Council, award of a plaque to keep and display, acknowledgement in the Annual Report, acknowledgement on the website and receive regular donor updates and quarterly newsletters.
Sir Ian Wark CBE FAA FTSE
CRA
Estate of Miss L R M Douglas
Estate of JC Jaeger FAA
CG Le Fèvre
Professor Ian McDougall FAA and Mrs Pam McDougall
National Council for the Centenary of Federation Cultural and Heritage Projects Program
Ian Potter Foundation
Sir Frederick White KBE FAA and Lady Elizabeth White MB BS
Heyde Family
Estate of Pauline M Johnston
Professor Brian Schmidt AC FAA FRS Nobel Laureate and Dr Jenny Gordon
Rio Tinto
Professor Sir Marc Feldmann AC FAA and Lady Tania Feldmann
Benn Selby—Selby Scientific Foundation
The Late Professor Rod Rickards FAA and Dr Anna Rickards
Professor TP Speed FAA FRS and Ms FE (Sally) Speed
Dr Maxwell Day AO FAA
Estate of the Late Professor John Newton FAA and Dr Silva Newton
Professor Suzanne Cory AC FAA FAHMS FRS
David W Anstice AO
Professor Michael Barber AO FAA FTSE
Dr Jon Day PSM
Mr Doug Hooley PSM
The Finkel Foundation
Dr Anna Rickards
Minderoo Foundation
Anonymous 1
Donations totalling $20,000 – $99,999
2021
2020
3M Australia and New Zealand and 3M Foundation
Professor Michael Barber AO FAA FTSE
Estate of the Late Professor David Curtis FAA
Dr Jon Day PSM
In Memory of Ruth Stephens-Gani
Mr Doug Hooley PSM
Dr Anna Rickards
In Memory of Sarah (Sally) Smith FAA
Anonymous 1
2019
Professor Michael Barber AO FAA FTSE
ARC Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship to Professor Michelle Coote FAA FRSC
Dr Jon Day PSM
Mr Doug Hooley PSM
Dr Margaret R Middleton
ARC Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship to Professor Kate-Smith Miles
Dr Anna Rickards
Anonymous 1
2018
Dr Margaret Middleton
Dr Anna Rickards
Anonymous 1
2017
Mr Doug Hooley PSM
Dr Margaret Middleton
Dr Anna Rickards
Anonymous 1
2016
Estate of the Late Professor Jan Anderson FAA
Dr Eldon Ball
Professor Marilyn Ball FAA
Dr Jennifer Gordon
Mr Doug Hooley PSM
Estate of Professor Paul Ivan Korner AO FAA and Mrs Jennifer Korner
Dr Margaret Middleton
Professor David Solomon AC FAA FRS FTSE
Anonymous 1
2015
Estate of the Late Professor D P Craig AO FAA FRS
ARC Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship to Professor Nanda Dasgupta FAA
Emeritus Professor Neville Fletcher AM FAA FTSE
Griffith University
ARC Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship to Professor Nalini Joshi FAA
Dr Margaret Middleton
Professor Brian Schmidt AC FAA FRS Nobel Laureate and Dr Jenny Gordon
Anonymous 1
2014
Professor Jan Anderson FAA
Professor James Angus AO FAA
Professor David Craig AO FAA
Gwenneth Nancy Head Foundation
Dr TJ Higgins FAA FTSE and Dr Peggy Higgins
Estate of Philip Garth Law AC CBE FAA
Mrs Jean Moran
Professor Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE FAA and Lady Lyn Nossal
The University of Queensland—Australia, School of Biological Sciences
Professor TP Speed FAA and Ms FE (Sally) Speed
Griffith University
Anonymous 1
2013
Professor Suzanne Cory AC FAA and Professor Jerry Adams FAA
2012
CSL Limited
2011
Professor Ken Cavill FAA
1956–2009
Professor John Stuart Anderson FAA
ANZAAS
Associated Electrical Industries Ltd, London
Australian Heritage Commision, National Estate Grant
Australian National University, Research School of Chemistry
Australian Science Teachers Association
Sir Adolph Basser
BHP Community Trust
Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd
Commonwealth Bank Foundation
CSL Limited
CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology
CW Emmens
Ford Motor Company
Forestry Commission of NSW
Foundation de France
Mr Geoffrey SV Frew
Professor Joseph Gani AM FAA
General Motors Holden Ltd
Estate of Professor A Gottschalk FAA
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Harris Daishowa Australia Ltd
Kanagawa Prefectural Natural History Museum
Emertius Professor HO Lancaster AO FAA
Mrs Hanna Lemberg
Estate of K Mahler FAA
Mazda Foundation
National Council for the Centenary of Federation History and Education Program
NSW Environmental Education Trust
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
Rhone-Poulenc, Australia
Royal Australian Chemical Institute
Sidney Myer Fund
Estate of VA Irwin Smith
Wellcome Foundation Australia
Dr Roy Woodall AO FAA FTSE
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