If you would like to discuss supporting BIS please contact one of the project partners via the following links:

Barwon Health Foundation 

Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Deakin University

Volunteer with BIS

BIS welcomes volunteers to assist our team with a range of tasks, including data collection and recording, office administration, organising sample packs etc.

Volunteers with the appropriate qualification or current students are welcome to apply. Please send a email bis@barwonhealth.org.au with the following information:

• First and Last Name
• The exact months, days and hours per week that you are available to volunteer
  
• Details of current qualifications and/or study
  
• The reason you would like to volunteer

Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all BIS participants for the generous contribution they have made to this project. We also thank current and past staff for their efforts in recruiting and maintaining the cohort and in obtaining and processing the data and biospecimens.

The establishment work and infrastructure for the BIS was provided by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Deakin University and Barwon Health. Subsequent funding was secured from National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC), The Shepherd Foundation, The Jack Brockhoff Foundation, the Scobie & Claire McKinnon Trust, the Shane O'Brien Memorial Asthma Foundation, the Our Women's Our Children's Fund Raising Committee Barwon Health, the Rotary Club of Geelong, the Minderoo Foundation, the Ilhan Food Allergy Foundation, GMHBA, Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd, and the Percy Baxter Charitable Trust, Perpetual Trustees and The William and Vera Ellen Houston Memorial Trust Fund. In-kind support was provided by the Cotton on Foundation and CreativeForce.

BIS sponsors are not involved in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data. Research at Murdoch Children's Research Institute is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program.

Funding
BIS is supported by the Minderoo Foundation; National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC); the Shepherd Foundation; the Jack Brockhoff Foundation; the Scobie & Claire McKinnon Trust; the Shane O’Brien Memorial Asthma Foundation; the Our Women Our Children’s Fund Raising Committee Barwon Health; the Rotary Club of Geelong; the Ilhan Food Allergy Foundation; GMHBA limited; Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd; the Percy Baxter Charitable Trust; Perpetual Trustees; the Victorian Government’s Operational Infrastructure Support Program; The William and Vera Ellen Houston Memorial Trust Fund, and NHMRC Australia Grants.