Research Impact Report 2025
In 2025, our researchers continued to demonstrate how world-class research, grounded in partnership and purpose, can deliver meaningful impact locally, nationally and globally across the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
2025 Impact Highlights by SDG
SDG 3 · GOOD HEALTH & WELLBEING
$437M
Investment in VVED
The Northern Health-La Trobe Virtual ED Partnership
SDG 3 · GOOD HEALTH & WELLBEING
45,000+
Children Screened
Using La Trobe’s SACS tool
SDG 2 · ZERO HUNGER
200,000+
People Engaged
Through Plants4Space
SDG 9 · INDUSTRY, INNOVATION & INFRASTRUCTURE
$2.5M
For Nanotechnology Diagnostic Devices
New Certified Australian Facility
SDG 9 · INDUSTRY, INNOVATION & INFRASTRUCTURE
$1.78M
To Commercialise WISDs
La Trobe’s Wine Industry Smoke Detectors
SDG 2 · ZERO HUNGER
US$35M
Collaboration for Global Food Security
The ENSA Project
SDG 4 · QUALITY EDUCATION
12,500+
Have Completed
La Trobe’s SOLAR Lab Short Courses
SDG 5 · GENDER EQUALITY
5,000+
Participated In
La Trobe’s Prep to Play AFLW Injury Prevention Project
SDG 10 · REDUCED INEQUALITIES
100
Different Countries
Have schools signed up to FARLabs
SDG 6 · CLEAN WATER & SANITATION
$20M
For a Sustainable Murray-Darling Basin
The MD-WERP Project
SDG 3 · GOOD HEALTH & WELLBEING
1 Million
Training Activities in Zimbabwe
The Vaka Health Foundation
SDG 6 · CLEAN WATER & SANITATION
2,400
Turtles Saved
Through the 1 Million Turtles Project
SDG 8 · DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
20,000+
Downloads
Of Vic Gov’s Neurodiversity Toolkit
SDG 9 · INDUSTRY, INNOVATION & INFRASTRUCTURE
AU’s First
NVIDIA DGX H200 Supercomputer
Launched by La Trobe’s ACAMI
SDG 14 · LIFE BELOW WATER
692
Square Kilometres of Coastline
Mapped by HyperEst
SDG 13 · CLIMATE ACTION
1 of 3
Key Breeding Indices in Australia for Dairy Farmers
The Sustainability Index (SI)
SDG 2 · ZERO HUNGER
100%
Increase in Yield
Through Vertical Farming Technologies
SDG 8 · DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
$30M
State and Federal Funding
For La Trobe’s Nexus Program
SDG 15 · LIFE ON LAND
1st
Science based framework
To measure environmental performance on wool farms
SDG 2 · ZERO HUNGER
AU’s Only
Protected Cropping Research Hub
With full medicinal agriculture compliance capability
SDG 9 · INDUSTRY, INNOVATION & INFRASTRUCTURE
Awarded
ITS Excellence in Research and Development Prize
C-ITS for Motorcycle Safety
SDG 11 · SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
Awarded
NSW Planning Award for Excellence
Care in Transit Project
SDG 3 · GOOD HEALTH & WELLBEING
AM
Lisa Amir appointed a Member of the Order of Australia
SDG 10 · REDUCED INEQUALITIES
AO
Christine Bigby appointed Officer of the Order of Australia
SDG 1 · NO POVERTY
“Real Shift”
In the Financial Action Task Force’s Approach
As a result of La Trobe research
SDG 16 · PEACE, JUSTICE & STRONG INSTITUTIONS
Updated
DSM-5-TR Manual of Mental Disorders
To include ‘moral injury’
SDG 2 · ZERO HUNGER
“Invaluable”
For industry-wide food safety
La Trobe Weed Control Program
SDG 11 · SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
“Instrumental”
In Cultural Heritage Protection
La Trobe’s Archaeology Research Partnerships