Impact Stories

RMIT’s Asylum Seeker Scholarship is giving people fleeing their homeland in fear and hardship a bright future, thanks to an incredibly generous $5 million gift.

Cortney shares how an RMIT scholarship opened up opportunities and enabled her to fulfil her dreams.

Founded in honour of aspiring pilot Sarah Liu, Sarah’s Dream supports RMIT students with a passion for flying.

The Storey Scholarships program is RMIT’s longest-running scholarship and has supported life-changing global experiences and opportunities for students since 1955.

Debunks and pre-bunks battling deepfakes, artificial intelligence and bad actors. RMIT FactLab is marshalling its forces to fight all forms of disinformation and misinformation in the lead up to the Voice referendum.

Celebrating 10 years of the Boeing Scholarship, RMIT and Boeing continue to explore new frontiers in aerospace, STEM and research.

An RMIT book published with open access is helping miners in southern Africa fight for justice and compensation.

It’s a shapeshifting, increasingly prevalent crime that spans international borders, is hard to police and has often been dismissed as trivial or, worse, blamed on its victims.

Hendrikus Berkers has been connected to RMIT for most of his life. Now he’s continuing that connection as a mentor and donor.

Deeply passionate about the power of journalism and education, Charlotte Kahane created a legacy at RMIT dedicated to the next generation.

A successful interior designer, Carolyn Varney is excited to share her success with the next generations of RMIT students.

The bequest of an intriguing Australian artwork celebrates the man behind RMIT’s longest-running scholarship program and deepens the family’s continuing ties with the University. It also set off some serious sleuthing by RMIT’s Art Collection team.

A young Phillip Zmood was studying industrial design in the early 1960s when he entered a cartridge drawing into the British Carriage and Automobile Manufacturer's Automobile Body Design Competition.

Filmmaker and RMIT alumnus Ling Ang challenges what it is to be a modern day philanthropist with her support of The Capitol.

Renowned Australian architect and RMIT Architecture Adjunct Professor, the late Peter Corrigan (1941-2016), left his mark on Melbourne in myriad ways, including RMIT’s Building 8 in Swanston Street.

Vietnam's first International University, RMIT Vietnam, was born out of two transformational gifts from The Atlantic Philanthropies.

A passionate believer in the power of education to unlock personal and public prosperity, Jacques Nasser AC has never forgotten the boost he got studying Business at RMIT.

The Sir William Tyree Engineering Scholarship is giving students more than vital financial support through tough economic times.

Awarded the philanthropically-funded Environmental Thinker and Achiever Award in 2019, final year Environment and Society student Naomi Kelsey discusses what winning meant to her, and where she plans to take her career in climate change.

Australia's first nano-biosensing facility was established after a grant of $500,000 was given by the Ian Potter Foundation.