You can support Science
Contributing to the activities of the Physics and ISS Alumni association, the Science Foundation for Physics or the School of Physics can take many forms - your time, your expertise or perhaps your money. If you have an interest in the future of science and science education in Australia, please consider how you can help.
Become engaged in Alumni activities
The Physics and ISS alumni activities happen largely because of the work of a small number of staff of the School of Physics. However these are your alumni activities. We would like to see more of our alumni actively engaged in suggesting ideas and running your alumni association.
Taking it one step further, in recent times two of our alumni have joined the University's Alumni Council, the University's peak alumni body.
If you have an idea or, better, some time, please contact Alison Muir (Ph: 9036 5194, Fax: 9351 7726, .
Annual Appeal
The Science Foundation for Physics is a not-for-profit organisation that supports science education, research, training and communication not only within the School of Physics but also throughout the broader community.
We depend on the generosity of our alumni and friends to support this important work. To help us meet our objectives once a year the Foundation’s appeal letter asks our alumni to help support our initiatives, programs and activities - some of you may also receive this letter in the mail. All donations of over $2.00 are tax-deductible and we sincerely appreciate each and every donation.
From past appeals we have raised funds to support the Professor Harry Messel International Science School, the Messel Endowment and have established a new scholarship – the School of Physics Postgraduate Alumni Prize. Scholarships, prizes and awards encourage students to strive for excellence but especially in times of economic crisis it can be hard to stay at university. We hope, as our alumni, that you will be able to help us to support our current students by donating the 2009 Annual Appeal. This year's appeal supports the University of Sydney 'Access Scholarship'. This is an award of $5,000 which is given to students who are struggling financially and may not be able to continue with their study without some financial assistance.
We hope, as our alumni, that you will be able to help us to support our current students by donating the 2009 Annual Appeal. This year's appeal supports the School of Physics initiative Kickstart on the Road. This is mobile science education program, which takes HSC physics out to regional areas of NSW. You can read more about this important program (and support it too!) by downloading a copy of the letter, completing the payment section and faxing to Alison Muir on +61 2 9351 7266.
All donations to the Science Foundation for Physics are tax deductible. US residents have tax-deductible status under the University of Sydney’s 501 (c) (3). If you have any further queries please don’t hesitate to contact Alison via email:
Messel Endowment
The Messel Endowment fundraising campaign aims to fund the Professor Harry Messel International Science School (ISS) in perpetuity. The ISS offers approx. 140 scholarships to Year 11 and 12 students from all over Australia, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, the UK and the USA. Students are selected by committees in their countries, through interviews and/or competitions (in the US the winners of the National Science Bowl win places at the ISS as part of their prize). In 2005 the Science Foundation for Physics established the Indigenous Science Scholars Program as part of the ISS. The ISS remains at no cost to any scholar ensuring that this unique educational opportunity is available to all students based on their intellectual ability and not their ability to pay.
To find out more, visit the Messel Endowment campaign web page or contact Alison Muir (Ph: 9036 5194, Fax: 9351 7726, .
