You can make a difference today

Make a genuine difference to young people striving to achieve, despite the odds. Support talented women trying to get a fair go in sport and study. Help uplift our international community. Or be part of our extraordinary search for a coronavirus vaccine.

Highest priorities

Asylum Seeker Scholarship

You can help courageous and determined asylum seekers by supporting a scholarship which will provide TAFE students with a pathway to a university degree. With no financial support from government, this scholarship helps students seeking asylum better cope with financial, emotional and mental hardship.

You can double your impact by donating today. A generous VU supporter will match your gift, dollar for dollar.

Your donation to these tenacious students will truly transform lives.

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Student Support Appeal

Help our students thrive in 2021.

Many students are still struggling to pay for essentials as we slowly recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Others can’t afford to buy the books and equipment they need to finish their studies.

Your generous donation today will help a student who can’t pay rent or even buy food, as well as help them pay for a laptop or a stethoscope.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Appeal

You can help power VU’s elite team of researchers develop a new generation vaccine against the coronavirus. Led by Professor Vasso Apostolopoulos, the team is adapting their unique approach and patented technology to create vaccines against current and future variants of COVID-19 and identify life-saving drugs to fight the virus.

They can’t do this without you. You can donate today to fast track this research from the laboratory to trials.

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Kirner Kosky Scholarship

Established in memory of two champions of Melbourne’s west, former Victorian Premier the Hon. Joan Kirner, and former Victorian Education Minister the Hon. Lynne Kosky, Kirner Kosky Scholarships help women achieve their dreams.

Your donation will help female students who have faced challenges in their academic and personal life to complete their primary and secondary education.

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Contact us

To find out more about supporting VU, our students and our wider community, contact the Advancement Office.