OBJECTIVE OF THE OLIPHANT ENDOWMENT FUND

The aim of the Oliphant Endowment Fund is to provide much needed resources to strengthen the discipline of physics at ANU through the provision of fellowships and career enhancement opportunities for exceptional academic and general staff as well as students. These programs will connect staff and students with cutting edge international research, and will allow physics at ANU to be enriched by the injection of new ideas in important emerging fields.

The Fund has been established to generate an initial capital fund of $2 million, with a substantially larger longer-term goal. The Endowment is regarded as so important by ANU that both the physics discipline and the University will match contributed funds to treble the value of donations. All contributions are tax deductible. Funds generated by investment will be used to enhance research and student programs in line with the Fund’s objectives.

Gifts and bequests will also be sought to support specific initiatives such as endowed chairs, key facilities and capital works under special agreements, separate from the untied capital fund.