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. 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.

From the 2007 June Appeal we hope to raise $25,000 to establish a new scholarship – the School of Physics Postgraduate Alumni Prize. Scholarships, prizes and awards encourage students to strive for excellence. This will be a $1,000 prize awarded annually for the most outstanding PhD thesis. We hope, as our alumni, that you will be able to help us to support our future scientists.

If you would like to support the establishment of this new scholarship you can do so 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 Schools (ISS) in perpetuity. The ISS are run at no cost to students, ensuring that this unique 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, .