A community-led, transdisciplinary program bringing together expertise from around the world
RISE is part of the prestigious Wellcome Trust's Our Planet, Our Health funding program, with support from the Asian Development Bank.
Led by the Monash Sustainable Development Institute, RISE brings together global expertise from six Monash University faculties (Art, Design and Architecture, Business and Economics, Engineering, Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Science and Law), Stanford University, Emory University, CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, the University of Cambridge, Hasanuddin University, Fiji National University, The University of the South Pacific, The University of Melbourne, South East Water, Melbourne Water, Wellcome Sanger Institute, UN-Habitat, United Nations University, Live & Learn, WaterAid, Oxfam, the World Health Organization, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Aid, the Government of Fiji, and the Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund financed by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Governments of the United Kingdom and Switzerland.