Everyone has the power to make a difference.
Our valued community supporters play a critical role in helping us to create a brighter, healthier future for all. Ongoing community support is vital to our ground-breaking research and our fight against diseases of global impact.
Find out the various ways you can get involved to help make our research matter.
Areas you can support
Cancer research
Infectious diseases research
Neurological disease research
COVID-19 research
Equipment and consumables
Glycomics Circle
General support
How you can help us save lives through Glycomics
Community support is vital to the institute's ongoing research in the fight against diseases of global impact.
Everyone has the power to make a difference and can choose to support the Institute for Glycomics.
To read about all the various ways you can support our research, download our Philanthropy Brochure (5.7 MB).
Our wonderful supporters
- Queensland State Government
- City of Gold Coast
- Honda Foundation
- Mark Carnegie
- John Singleton
- Lewis Land Group of Companies
- Theo Rossi & Mary Rossi OBE
- Jim Raptis, Raptis Group
- Amitabha Buddhist Association & Pureland Learning College
- Aston Milan
- Lilly Hwoo
- Jenny Wong, DUniv
- Macquarie Bank Foundation
- Alison Kearney & John Kearney Jr
- Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
- Warren von Bibra & Sally von Bibra
- The Snow Foundation
- Rotary Australia Benevolent Society
- Rotary International District 9640—District Conference 2018
- Rotary Club of Hope Island
- Rotary Club of Broadbeach
- Australian Cancer Research Foundation
- GC Value Pty Ltd
- Professor Mark von Itzstein AO
- Maureen Stevenson
- Civic Solutions Inc
- The Heart Foundation
- Rotary Club of Engadine
- Rotary Club of Mermaid Beach
- S2F Pty Ltd
- Mayoress Community Benefit Fund Gold Coast
- Harry & Rhonda Triguboff
- Lorraine Dickinson
- Merchant Charitable Foundation
- Women in Racing Inc.
- The Atlantic Philanthropies
- Toshiaki Ogasawara
- Rotary Club of Southport
- Beverly McIlwain
- Zarraffa’s Foundation
- Zarraffa’s Franchising Pty Ltd
- Steve & Sue Byrne
- BLIAQ Loving Care Group
- Larry & Penny Klinge
- Nick Moraitis
- Paul & Ildi Moraitis
- Rotary Club of Goolwa
- Rotary Club of Engadine
- Rotary International District 9640—Partner Project 2019-20
- Rotary Club of Murwillumbah
- Rotary Club of Hornsby
- Rotarians Against Malaria—PNG (Rod Seddon)
- Sanctuary Cove Golf and Country Club
- Charles Wang Family
- Community Bank Paradise Point, Branch of Bendigo Bank
- Rotary Club of Mackay West
- Geoffrey Thomas
- “Q” Clubs Buyers Group
- Palazzo Versace
- Gold Coast Titans Community Foundation
- Order of St John—Gold Coast Commandery
- John & Brenda Penglis
- John Barnes Foundation
- Ken & Noelene Tregeagle
- Southern Paradise Foundation
- Win Schubert AO
- Dennis & Shirley Croft
- 2018 Commonwealth Games Legacy C’tee
- Ray & Jill James
- Vince & Barbara Rehbein
- Reuben Pelerman Benevolent Foundation
- Rotary Club of Surfers Paradise
- Rotary Club of Gold Coast
- Bourne Foundation
- Australian Lions Childhood Cancer Research Foundation
- Hay Family Benevolent Fund
- Rotarians Against Malaria—Australia
- Rotary International District 9640—District Conference 2018
- Herb Elliott AC MBE
- Rob Deshon
- Ged Williams
- Roma Blair
- Greg Dillon
- Mary Roosevelt
- Cr Dawn Crichlow OAM
- Jenny Wong, DUniv
- Warren von Bibra & Sally von Bibra
- The Hon Peter Beattie AC
- John Penglis
- James Wadham
- Dennis Standfield
- Bernard Ponting
- Lex Bell OAM
- Emeritus Professor Graham Jones AM
- The Hon Sam Doumany
- Beverly McIlwain
- The Hon Leneen Forde AC
- Harry Triguboff AO, DUniv & Rhonda Triguboff
- Baslyn Beel
- Jennifer Bartels
- Bob Gordon
- Lesley Woodford-Carr
- Charles Wang
- Raymond James
Connecting with community
The Malaria Vaccine project
Malaria is one of the deadliest diseases that has ever existed and despite global efforts there is no highly effective vaccine available.
In March 2017, the Malaria Vaccine Project was launched as a fundraising partnership between Rotary District 9640 and Griffith University to support further development of a promising malaria vaccine candidate that had been created by research scientists at Griffith University’s Institute for Glycomics.
The team, led by Professor Michael Good AO and Associate Professor Danielle Stanisic, is developing a world-first ‘whole parasite’ blood-stage malaria vaccine which is currently in human clinical trials. They wholeheartedly thank the donors and supporters whose generosity has played a crucial role in the progression of this research.
A partnership to end malaria
Glycomics Circle
The Glycomics Circle empowers women in research at the Institute for Glycomics. A group of like-minded, ambitious women, members of the Glycomics Circle use their collective wisdom, connections and resources to raise funds and awareness for the Institute’s female researchers and students, and to recognise their significant contributions to the Institute’s daily fight against diseases of global impact through translational science.
Funds raised by the Glycomics Circle support female early career researchers through scholarships and travel opportunities to attend national and international science conferences and competitions or to aid the purchase of new equipment and consumables. The Glycomics Circle is always looking for new members to join and help their cause. Members meet several times a year at special events where they enjoy each other’s company and listen to presentations from staff and students on how the Glycomics Circle’s financial contributions have aided them in their research projects.
If you would like to join the Glycomics Circle, please get in touch.
Bendigo Bank Paradise Point joins our fight against COVID-19
Bendigo Bank Paradise Point Community Bank Branch, long-standing supporters of the Institute for Glycomics, have donated $10,000 in funding towards the Institute’s vital COVID-19 research, aiding their fight against the global pandemic.
The vital funding has enabled the acquisition of an Avanti J-15R centrifuge, a new piece of equipment housed within the Institute’s Physical Containment Level 3 Facility. The high-speed refrigerated centrifuge is used to separate virus from culture media, and this particular model has the added features of bio-containment lids for working with highly infectious pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 .
Fighting COVID-19 together
Glycomics champions
The Glycomics Champions program is a community outreach training program, specific to the Institute for Glycomics. Our Glycomics Champions are a passionate mix of research students and Postdoctoral staff from the Institute who help promote our research to the broader community through organised tours and outreach events.
Our Champions host tours for all types of audiences, including philanthropists, Government officials, visiting delegations from overseas institutions, industry representatives, school and undergraduate university students, and community groups.
Their in-depth knowledge and professional verbal communication skills help them to translate our ground-breaking research into Layman’s terms to suit any visiting audience.
Book a tour of our state-of-the-art facilities
If you’re interested in supporting the Institute’s ground-breaking research but would like to know more and meet our team first, please complete the form below to ‘book a tour’ of our impressive facilities.
Tributes and testimonials
"You are all my heroes"
A special tribute from Honorary Fellow, Mr Robert (Bob) Gordon
Bob Gordon served a remarkable 8+ years as a member on the Institute’s Board of Advice, promoting community engagement while demonstrating his passionate support of our research. In this special tribute, Bob reflects on his long and remarkable journey alongside the Institute for Glycomics.
The team at the Institute for Glycomics are the real heroes, I just get to tell their story. I will continue to tell their story as I close the chapter of being a Board of Advice member and turn the page to an Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Glycomics.
This next chapter will be their best yet.
Bendigo Bank strengthens local communities by reinvesting in programs for health, education, the environment and many more. We are immensely proud to support the world-class research undertaken by Griffith University’s Institute for Glycomics. Our sponsorship ensures that the Institute and its researchers have access to the most innovative assets as they deliver on their vision of delivering novel drugs and vaccines to the community. We love the ground-breaking research of the Institute and follow their discoveries with great interest and admiration.
Tony Jensen, Senior Manager
Paradise Point Community Bank
Branch of Bendigo Bank
We have been supporting the Institute for Glycomics since 2003. We had the distinct pleasure of meeting Professor Mark von Itzstein who gave us a tour of their state-of-the-art facilities and an overview of the work being done by their remarkable team of world-renowned researchers; research of ground-breaking proportions. It is an honour and a privilege to support them in their fight against diseases of global impact; diseases that affect and devastate so many people's lives each day. We feel confident that our financial donations are helping to shape a brighter, healthier future—a future filled with hope.
Sally and Warren von Bibra
The Institute for Glycomics research is fascinating. What was impossible in the past is now conducted by the internationally renowned researchers of the Institute for Glycomics. How they investigate disease using the unique “glycomics” approach is so cutting-edge! The outcomes of their research prove they are on the right path. With the hard work of researchers at the Institute for Glycomics, I believe we could tackle the world's most devastating diseases like cancer, malaria, deadly strains of flu, tuberculosis and many more, but they need our help. Research is our only hope, but it's expensive!
Ms Jenny Wong