QBI's research works to unlock the mysteries of the brain to to generate new knowledge, understand learning and memory, develop new technologies to improve lives, and diagnose and treat brain disease and mental health. Ultimately, we aim to improve the lives of those affected by neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders. Help us make a difference.
Areas of research you can support
If you would like to give to a QBI fund that is not listed below please go to the UQ Giving website – start typing in the text field and select ‘I want to specify where my donation goes’ and write the specific area of research that you would like to support. Thank you.
Brain Research Endowment Fund
This fund provides financial backing for early stage, curiosity-driven research to solve major health issues
Concussion Research
Dementia
Research
Mental Health Research
Our scientists focus on research to unravel the neurological foundation of a range of mental health disorders, from depression to addiction
Motor Neurone Disease Research
Your support will continue vital research into motor neurone disease and its devastating impact
Parkinson's Research
Donate to help our scientists and clinicians progress their research to find solutions for people living with neurological diseases, such as Parkinson's and OCD
Peter Hilton Alzheimer's Research Endowment Fund
Funds fundamental research into the underlying mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease
Queensland Rotary Endowed Chair in Neuroscience
Raising money to establish an endowed chair for a leading neuroscientist
Ross Maclean MND Senior Fellowship
Funds a fellowship dedicated to fundamental research of the underlying neurological factors behind MND.
Stroke
Research
Your support will help fund vital research into how we can improve recovery following stroke.
The Bartlett Fellowship
The Bartlett Fellowship funds a fellowship for an early career researcher at QBI
“Scientists at QBI aren’t just about finding ways to fix brain disorders at a disease level because you can’t repair a damaged brain unless you know how it works in the first place. This approach really appealed to my sense of logic. I saw QBI as the research institute that could find answers, so I decided that this was something I really wanted to get behind.”
– Jeff Maclean, QBI Supporter and Chair of the QBI Advisory Board
The impact of giving
- 26 November 2025The Dr Gerald and Suzanne Murphy Travel Award is a fund designed to help early career clinician-researchers share discoveries on the global stage. The 2026 recipient is Dr Duy Duan (John) Nguyen, who will use the award to attend an international conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s and related neurodegenerative diseases in Copenhagen.
- 9 October 2025This November, a dedicated group of trekkers will take on the Snowy Mountains as part of QBI’s Steps for Dementia challenge, raising funds in the fight against dementia. Among them is retired town planner, Neil Wilson, who will be walking in memory of his late wife, Maureen, who died from Alzheimer’s disease.
- 23 June 2025Longtime QBI supporter Matthew Hickey OAM KC wrote a moving article in Queensland’s leading journal of the Bar Association Hearsay reflecting on the profound impact of dementia.
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Queensland Brain Institute
Phone: + 61 7 334 66405
Email: a.markey@uq.edu.au
Queensland Brain Institute
Phone: +61 7 334 63211
Email: l.codd@uq.edu.au
Queensland Brain Institute
Phone: +61 7 334 33493
Email: i.koh@uq.edu.au
Queensland Brain Institute
Phone: +61 7 334 60542
Email: e.pearl@uq.edu.au
Queensland Brain Institute
Phone: +61 7 334 66412
Email: c.peppin@uq.edu.au