The IPHA seeks to inspire (and help fund) researchers in Australia and around the world to study this unique flora, and to help enrich the understanding and appreciation of native Australian traditional knowledge, while ensuring that opportunities and rewards from such activities flow through to Aboriginal communities.

(Read more about the IPHA Objectives HERE)

To that end, we use funds raised through Knowledge Card sales, Field Days, donations and other means to enable selected projects. Our members also support projects by volunteering their time, talent and expertise.

One such project is a research collaboration with the University of Queensland to investigate the chemical constituents and health promoting properties of Persoonia (Geebung).

This project is particularly close to our hearts, as our organization was inspired by the mutual interest of its founders in the medicinal uses of geebung or geebong (Persoonia species). The case for such research was documented in 2018, leading to the project launch in 2022.

If you have a project that fits with our objectives, you can apply for funding by downloading the Application Form.

What sorts of projects have we funded and/or resourced?

A Persoonia research collaboration with UQ

For millennia, indigenous peoples along the Eastern Coast of Australia have used geebung berries as a natural antibiotic. In conjuction with UQ, we are undertaking a study of geebung and its active constituents.

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