Australian Rotary Health

About

Australian Rotary Health is a national grant-making organisation dedicated to improving the lives of all Australians through funding breakthrough research, education, and awareness initiatives, primarily in mental health and general health. It also provides scholarships for Indigenous health, and rural medical and nursing students across Australia.

Board Interlocks (6 shared directors)

Giving Philosophy

Australian Rotary Health values funding breakthrough research that addresses critical health challenges, particularly in mental health, and supports the development of future health professionals through targeted scholarships. Its giving is driven by a commitment

Notable Grants

• Terry Dwyer, University of Tasmania — $300,000+ (1986-2004) — SIDS/Cot Death research
• Environmental Health Problems of the Aged — $1,400,000 (1989-1995) — depression, Alzheimers, aged care
• Adolescent Health — $1,500,000 (1993-1996) — lifestyles, injury control, low birth weight
• Family Health — $1,400,000 (1996-1999) — rheumatic fever, mental illness in families, cancer therapy, asthma
• Ross River Virus — $210,000 (1998-2000) — virus research
• First Aid, Pre-Hospital treatment and Emergency Care — $290,000 (1999-2001) — emergency care research
• Bowelscan program evaluation — $50,000 (1998) — bowel cancer screening
• Malaria — $30,000 (2000) — malaria research

Financial History (7 years)