PARITY was formed by Millennium Science's internship program and founded by 5 interns from Monash University and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. This project was aimed to help implement transferable skills PhD students have gained throughout their PhDs in an environment outside of academia. As a Melbourne-based life science distribution company, Millennium Science wants to advocate for the Australian research community and help ignite change in Australia’s funding environment. With the support of Millennium Science, PARITY aims to launch the beginning phases of the PARITY initiative.