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Find an area that matters to you
There are many ways to support the University beyond our major research centres, institutes and field stations.
You may choose to support an area connected to your own experience at UC, a programme that reflects something you care deeply about or an opportunity that you would like future students to experience.
Explore some of the specialist areas below to learn more about their work and how your support can make a difference.
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Climate Impact Fund
13 February 2024
Donate to support and enable innovative, creative action that will minimise the causes and mitigate the impacts of climate change on people and the environment in Waitaha | Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand, and the Pacific.
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Climate Impact Fund
Donate to support and enable innovative, creative action that will minimise the causes and mitigate the impacts of climate change on people and the environment in Waitaha | Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand, and the Pacific.
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Climate Impact Fund
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Climate Impact Fund
Donate to support and enable innovative, creative action that will minimise the causes and mitigate the impacts of climate change on people and the environment in Waitaha | Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand, and the Pacific.
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Hei Puāwaitanga: Sustainability, Citizenship & Civic Imagination Research Group
08 December 2025
Supporting new knowledge that braids insights from indigenous knowledge and local scientific knowledge to inform new transdisciplinary understanding.
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Hei Puāwaitanga: Sustainability, Citizenship & Civic Imagination Research Group
Supporting new knowledge that braids insights from indigenous knowledge and local scientific knowledge to inform new transdisciplinary understanding.
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Hei Puāwaitanga: Sustainability, Citizenship & Civic Imagination Research Group
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Hei Puāwaitanga: Sustainability, Citizenship & Civic Imagination Research Group
Supporting new knowledge that braids insights from indigenous knowledge and local scientific knowledge to inform new transdisciplinary understanding.
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Penguin Research Fund
13 February 2024
The Penguin Research Fund facilitates cutting-edge research to learn about the ecology of penguins in New Zealand and the Southern Ocean. Our researchers aim to understand how penguin populations are doing, what factors might cause their numbers to change, and how we can help conserve penguins. Donate to support this research.
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Penguin Research Fund
The Penguin Research Fund facilitates cutting-edge research to learn about the ecology of penguins in New Zealand and the Southern Ocean. Our researchers aim to understand how penguin populations are doing, what factors might cause their numbers to change, and how we can help conserve penguins. Donate to support this research.
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Penguin Research Fund
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Penguin Research Fund
The Penguin Research Fund facilitates cutting-edge research to learn about the ecology of penguins in New Zealand and the Southern Ocean. Our researchers aim to understand how penguin populations are doing, what factors might cause their numbers to change, and how we can help conserve penguins. Donate to support this research.
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Te Puna Toiora: Mental Health & Nutrition Research
31 July 2026
Established in 2012 by Professor Julia Rucklidge, the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Group conducts independent research on the impact of nutrients and nutrition on mental health. We've helped many families all over Aotearoa New Zealand but more research is needed.
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Te Puna Toiora: Mental Health & Nutrition Research
Established in 2012 by Professor Julia Rucklidge, the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Group conducts independent research on the impact of nutrients and nutrition on mental health. We've helped many families all over Aotearoa New Zealand but more research is needed.
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Te Puna Toiora: Mental Health & Nutrition Research
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Te Puna Toiora: Mental Health & Nutrition Research
Established in 2012 by Professor Julia Rucklidge, the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Group conducts independent research on the impact of nutrients and nutrition on mental health. We've helped many families all over Aotearoa New Zealand but more research is needed.
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Microgravity Research
29 September 2025
Donate to advance out of this world research!
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Microgravity Research
Donate to advance out of this world research!
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Microgravity Research
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Microgravity Research
Donate to advance out of this world research!
Have something else in mind?
If there is an area of UC you would like to support that you cannot find here, our Advancement team would be pleased to talk with you about what is possible. Together, we can find a way for your support to make a meaningful difference at UC.
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