RAISED
$1,575,717
Giving Day Goal
$1000000
68% of goal reached • 5,202 donors • 5,202 donations • 31 institutes
You don't need a lab coat to help save a life.
On Wednesday 9 September 2026, more than 30 medical research institutes and thousands of Australians came together to raise over $1.5 million to fund the breakthroughs that improve and save lives.
Thank you to everyone who donated, shared the campaign and helped champion medical research.
Medical Research Giving Day will return in 2027. Sign up now to keep up to date.
ABOUT MEDICAL RESEARCH GIVING DAY
Be a hero for medical research.
Every treatment we rely on today started with research. The scan that finds disease earlier. The medicine that gives someone more time. The therapy that helps a child grow stronger. The breakthrough that means a family gets hope when they need it most.
But research cannot move forward on ideas alone.
It needs people who choose to stand behind it. People who believe better outcomes are possible. People who give so discoveries can move from the lab to the lives of patients, families and communities across Australia.
That is what Medical Research Giving Day is all about.
UNITED FOR PROGRESS
2026 participating institutes
Double the impact
Going twice as far for medical research
On Medical Research Giving Day, donations to some institutes were matched by generous funding partners — helping double the impact of your gift. For people waiting for better treatments, earlier answers or new hope, research cannot move fast enough. You've helped push it forward.
Matched Givers
Alistair and Sue Haigh
Andrew and Stephanie Markert
John Allpass Charitable Foundation
Maureen Stevenson
REAH Foundation
Robyn Holdway
The Burrows Family Foundation
The Peggy Charitable Foundation
