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Updated: 23, Oct 2025
“With COVID-19, we realised how a pandemic can fracture society in addition to causing serious health implications. The global economic costs in terms of the enormous loss of global economic output and revenue and the devastating and sharp rise in global unemployment are also deeply threatening facts as well. The ‘ice’ on which society is standing may be thinner than we had previously thought. Science plays a crucial role in managing health crises, so it’s critical that we continue to fund it. It will help to ‘thicken the ice’ and enhance the resilience of humanity in the inevitable event of the next pandemic.”
Mr Geoffrey Cumming, inaugural major donor
Major Supporting Partner
The Victorian Government is our Major Supporting Partner, initially committing $75 million in funding in recognition of the critical need to advance the science behind therapeutics.
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By contributing to the Cumming Global Centre mission, you ensure that when the next pandemic comes, you will have played a crucial role in developing life-saving therapeutics to benefit the global population.
We welcome further discussion about how you can join us in our mission. Please reach out to: Alan.watt@unimelb.edu.au.