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 is home to the QEI Foundation.
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 the QEI Foundation.

The QEI Foundation 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.
Our purpose is to save sight
To save sight by providing innovation and excellence in research, education and clinical care
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.
We are saving the sight of future generations via our Research and Clinical Trials.
Saving sight for tomorrow, we educate Registrars, Fellows, Eye Care Workers and Students.
We are saving the sight of future generations as our Research and Education leads to new treatments and cures.
Donations, Appeals, Bequests and Events together with individual and corporate supporters help fund QEIF’s work.
All profits generated from the South Bank Day Hospital are invested back into the work of QEIF.
“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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