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About Queensland Eye Institute Foundation

Our purpose is to save sight by providing innovation and excellence in research, education and clinical care. 

The Queensland Eye Institute Foundation (QEIF) is Queensland’s largest independent academic research institute devoted to eye-related health and diseases.

QEIF works every day to save sight by providing innovation and excellence in research, education and clinical care to reduce eye disease, improve eye health, and ultimately eliminate preventable blindness in the community.

Our state-of-the-art facilities in Woolloongabba include the QEI Clinic, South Brisbane Day Hospital, Queensland Electro-Diagnostic and Imaging Centre, medical research and microsurgical teaching laboratories, medical library and the home of QEIF.

With no government funding the Queensland Eye Institute’s survival relies solely on the generosity of donors, businesses and the community.

All profits generated from the South Brisbane Day Hospital are invested back into the work of QEIF.

The Queensland Eye Institute Foundation’s signature fundraising event is LAST SEEN, a creative showcase pairing blind or visually impaired Australians with renowned artists and composers to depict their last, or most cherished memory. The proceeds from Last Seen art sales and performance support Queensland Eye Institute’s research focus on inherited eye diseases.

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QEIF is a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR). This means that all donations over $2 are tax deductible (not including sale of raffle tickets, event tickets and other transactions that result in the exchange of goods or services). Click here for QEIF’s page on the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC) website. We provide tax receipts for all valid donations and have a convenient portal on our website so you can donate online!

QEI Foundation

Our purpose is to save sight

OUR PURPOSE

To save sight by providing innovation and excellence in research, education and clinical care

Clinical Care & Treatment

Clinical Care & Treatment

Research

Research

Education

Education

Future Treatment & Cures

Future Treatment & Cures

Donations

Donations

Sustainable Funding

Sustainable Funding

How QEI helps to save sight?

<h3>Clinical Care & Treatment</h3>
<p>We save the sight of patients every day when they see their Ophthalmologist in the QEI Clinic, involving them in cutting edge research and teaching.</p>

Clinical Care & Treatment

We save the sight of patients every day when they see their Ophthalmologist in the QEI Clinic, involving them in cutting edge research and teaching.

<h3>Research</h3>
<p>We are saving the sight of future generations via our Research and Clinical Trials.</p>

Research

We are saving the sight of future generations via our Research and Clinical Trials.

<h3>Education</h3>
<p>Saving sight for tomorrow, we educate Registrars, Fellows, Eye Care Workers and Students.</p>

Education

Saving sight for tomorrow, we educate Registrars, Fellows, Eye Care Workers and Students.

<h3>Future Treatment & Cures</h3>
<p>We are saving the sight of future generations as our Research and Education leads to new treatments and cures.</p>

Future Treatment & Cures

We are saving the sight of future generations as our Research and Education leads to new treatments and cures.

<h3>Donations</h3>
<p>Donations, Appeals, Bequests and Events together with individual and corporate supporters help fund QEIF’s work.</p>

Donations

Donations, Appeals, Bequests and Events together with individual and corporate supporters help fund QEIF’s work.

<h3>Sustainable Funding</h3>
<p>All profits generated from the South Bank Day Hospital are invested back into the work of QEIF.</p>

Sustainable Funding

All profits generated from the South Bank Day Hospital are invested back into the work of QEIF.

How QEI helps to save sight?

<h3>Clinical Care & Treatment</h3>
<p>We save the sight of patients every day when they see their Ophthalmologist in the QEI Clinic, involving them in cutting edge research and teaching.</p>

Clinical Care & Treatment

We save the sight of patients every day when they see their Ophthalmologist in the QEI Clinic, involving them in cutting edge research and teaching.

<h3>Research</h3>
<p>We are saving the sight of future generations via our Research and Clinical Trials.</p>

Research

We are saving the sight of future generations via our Research and Clinical Trials.

<h3>Education</h3>
<p>Saving sight for tomorrow, we educate Registrars, Fellows, Eye Care Workers and Students.</p>

Education

Saving sight for tomorrow, we educate Registrars, Fellows, Eye Care Workers and Students.

<h3>Future Treatment & Cures</h3>
<p>We are saving the sight of future generations as our Research and Education leads to new treatments and cures.</p>

Future Treatment & Cures

We are saving the sight of future generations as our Research and Education leads to new treatments and cures.

<h3>Donations</h3>
<p>Donations, Appeals, Bequests and Events together with individual and corporate supporters help fund QEIF’s work.</p>

Donations

Donations, Appeals, Bequests and Events together with individual and corporate supporters help fund QEIF’s work.

<h3>Sustainable Funding</h3>
<p>All profits generated from the South Bank Day Hospital are invested back into the work of QEIF.</p>

Sustainable Funding

All profits generated from the South Bank Day Hospital are invested back into the work of QEIF.

Patient stories

Preventative glaucoma research gives Phoebe hope

“It will not surprise anyone who has been touched by poor vision, that of all my disabilities, it is the loss of my sight that has proved the most difficult and burdensome.”

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Please support our sight saving work

Your donation will help us to develop better treatments, purchase the latest equipment, advance clinical trials of new treatments, improve eye health education, and support talented students to become tomorrow’s leaders in eye research.

  • New Treatments

    New Treatments

  • Further Research

    Further Research

  • Surgeon Training

    Surgeon Training

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