Partners, Supporters & Collaborators

	The University of Sydney is a co-founder of the United States Studies Centre. Established in 1850 as Australia's first university, the University has an international reputation for teaching, research and community outreach. The University provides the Centre with financial and in-kind support as well as first-class facilities in the newly renovated and heritage-listed John Woolley Building on the main university campus.

	The American Australian Association (AAA) is a co-founder of the United States Studies Centre. Established in 1948, the AAA is the largest non-profit organisation in the United States devoted to relations between the United States and Australia and New Zealand. The AAA provides financial support for the Centre as well as assisting in its fundraising efforts.

	The Australian Government provided $25 million to support the founding of the United States Studies Centre. While the Centre aims to inform policy discussions, it is independent and non-partisan.

	The New South Wales Government provided $2 million of financial and in-kind support to the United States Studies Centre, including use of Department of State and Regional Development executive facilities in Sydney's MLC Centre.

	The Dow Chemical Company Foundation in the United States has provided US$2 million to support a three‐year research program on sustainability. The program will bring together academic and policy experts from Australia and the US to develop action-oriented solutions to a range of sustainability challenges concerning energy, water, food and biodiversity that are technologically innovative, commercially scalable and politically viable.

	Merck & Co., Inc. (known as Merck Sharp & Dohme in Australia) has provided funding worth US$500,000 over four years for a program on Innovation in America. The program will analyse the United States' rich and varied innovation experiences, assess their adaptability to the Australian context, and promote innovation linkages between the two countries.

	The Alcoa Foundation has granted US$200,000 for the US Studies Centre sustainability network starting in 2010. The Program aims to build a network of positive partnerships across leading academic institutions, and to maximise their potential for leveraging their collective resources.

	The Harvard University Committee on Australian Studies has committed US$120,000 to support three international conferences between 2010 and 2012 that will be held in Australia.

	Qantas provides the US Studies Centre discounted flights between the US and Australia to help bring distinguished guests and professors to the Centre. Qantas has supported the Centre since 2008.