Become a Donor

Donating your sperm, eggs or embryos is a meaningful way to help individuals and couples who are unable to conceive due to infertility, genetic conditions or other challenges.

We recognise that donation is a personal decision involving emotional, physical and ethical considerations. Our dedicated donor team is here to support you with clear information, guidance and care throughout the process. All donors must meet specific medical, legal and eligibility criteria to ensure the safety and wellbeing of everyone involved. By choosing to donate, you offer others the gift of hope and the possibility of creating a family.

Contact Concept to become a donor.

Eligibility criteria for clinic-recruited sperm donors:

• Be an Australian permanent resident, aged 21-45 years
• In good physical and mental health, with no history of inherited conditions
• Not donated sperm at any other clinic worldwide
• If married or in a de facto relationship, partner consents to the donation
• Willing to undergo infectious, genetic, and psychological screening
• Willing to donate altruistically and without discrimination
• Consent to identifying information being made available to any donor-conceived children resulting from the donation once the child(ren) reach 16 years of age

Sperm donation process:

1. Initial Enquiry – Contact our Donor Coordinators to discuss eligibility, the donation process, and expectations.
2. Semen Analysis – It is important that donors have normal healthy sperm, so a semen analysis is required.
3. Infectious Disease and Genetic Screening – All donors must complete medical and genetic screening to confirm their health as a donor.
4. Fertility Specialist Assessment – A medical check-up is required to assess your current and past health and to obtain a detailed family medical history.
5. Counselling – There are many important implications surrounding sperm donation, so it is important to be fully informed prior to commencing the donation phase of the process. All donors must attend at least two implications counselling sessions. If you are married or in a de facto relationship, your partner must also attend counselling.
6. Donation Phase – Concept has dedicated collection rooms to complete sperm donations, that will each be carefully assessed and stored by our skilled science team. Please ensure you have photo identification with you at every donation appointment. Sperm donors can expect to complete 10–20 donations.
7. Quarantine – Three months after your final donation, you will be asked to have another blood test to reassess your infectious disease status. Confirmation of clear results allows your samples to be released from quarantine and made available for allocation to recipients on Concept Fertility’s waitlist.
8. Documentation & Consents – The Donor Coordinators will email you multiple consent forms for completion throughout the donation process. These must all be completed and returned to the Donor Team prior to being cleared for treatment to commence.
9. Reimbursement – Concept recognises the valuable commitment made by donors. Although the donations must be altruistic and no payment can be made for donations, you can be reimbursed for expenses incurred during the donation process, including travel to and from the clinic.

Eligibility criteria for clinic-recruited egg donors:

• Aged 21–35
• In good physical and mental health, with no history of inherited conditions
• Not donated eggs at any other clinic worldwide
• If married or in a de facto relationship, the partner consents to the donation
• Willing to undergo infectious, genetic and psychological screening
• Willing to donate altruistically and without discrimination
• Consent to identifying information about them being made available to any donor-conceived children that results from the donation once the child(ren) reach 16 years of age

Egg (oocyte) donation process:

1. Initial Enquiry – Contact our Donor Coordinators to discuss eligibility, the donation process, and expectations.
2. GP Referral & AMH Analysis – It is important that egg donors obtain a General Practitioner (GP) referral to ensure that their medical history is available to our Fertility Specialists prior to commencing the egg donation process. We recommend requesting an AMH test via your GP.
3. Infectious Disease and Genetic Screening – All donors must complete medical and genetic screening to confirm their health as a donor.
4. Fertility Specialist Assessment – A medical check-up is required to assess your current and past health and to obtain a detailed family medical history.
5. Counselling – There are many important implications surrounding egg donation, so it is important to be fully informed prior to commencing the donation phase of the process. All donors must attend at least two implications counselling sessions. If you are married or in a de facto relationship your partner must also attend counselling.
6. Donation Phase – Our dedicated nursing team will work alongside your fertility specialist to guide you through each step of the egg retrieval process, including all medications, scans, blood tests and the egg retrieval procedure.
7. Quarantine – Three months after your egg collection procedure, you will be asked to have another blood test to reassess your infectious disease status. Confirmation of clear results allows your cohort of eggs to be released from quarantine and made available for allocation to recipients on Concept Fertility’s waitlist.
8. Documentation & Consents – The Donor Coordinators will email you multiple consent forms for completion throughout the donation process. These must all be completed and returned to the Donor Team prior to being cleared for treatment to commence.
9. Reimbursement – Concept recognises the valuable commitment made by donors. Although the donations must be altruistic and no payment can be made for donations, you can be reimbursed for expenses incurred during the donation process, including travel to and from the clinic.

Eligibility criteria for embryo donors:

• Both male and female donors must be in good physical and mental health, with no history of inherited conditions
• Both male and female donors must consent to the donation and be willing to undergo extensive infectious, genetic and psychological screening
• Both male and female donors must have not been egg or sperm donors at any other clinic worldwide
• The female donor must have been aged 35 or younger at the time the embryos were created
• The male donor must have been aged 45 or younger at the time the embryos were created
• The couple must have completed their own family, and the children must be at least 12 months old
• All donors must be willing to donate altruistically and without discrimination
• All donors must consent to their identifying information being made available to any donor-conceived children that results from their donation once the child(ren) reach 16 years of age
• Embryos created using donor gametes may not be eligible for on-donation
• Available embryo(s) must meet specific grading requirements

Embryo donation process:

1. Initial Enquiry – Contact our Donor Coordinators to discuss eligibility, the donation process, and expectations. At this stage, your embryo quality will be reviewed by our science team to confirm that they are eligible for donation.
2. GP Referral – It is important that embryo donors obtain a General Practitioner (GP) referral to ensure that their medical history is available to our Fertility Specialists prior to commencing the egg donation process.
3. Infectious Disease and Genetic Screening – All donors must complete medical and genetic screening to confirm their health as a donor.
4. Fertility Specialist Assessment – A medical check-up is required to assess your current and past health and to obtain a detailed family medical history, including for any existing children.
5. Counselling – There are many important implications surrounding embryo donation, so it is important to be fully informed prior to deciding if embryo donation is right for you and your family. All donors must attend at least two implications counselling sessions.
6. Documentation & Consents – The Donor Coordinators will email you multiple consent forms for completion throughout the donation process.
7. Reimbursement – Concept recognises the valuable commitment made by donors. Although the donations must be altruistic and no payment can be made for donations, you can be reimbursed for expenses incurred during the donation process.

Eligibility criteria for known donors:

• Must not have exceeded the worldwide five-family limit for donation
• If married or in a de facto relationship, the partner must consent to the donation and attend all counselling appointments
• Be willing to undergo extensive infectious, genetic and psychological screening
• Must consent to their identifying information being made available to any donor-conceived children that results from their donation once the child(ren) reach 16 years of age

Known donation process:

• Initial Enquiry – Contact our Donor Coordinators to discuss the donation process and expectations.
• GP Referral – It is important that all known donors obtain a General Practitioner (GP) referral to ensure that their medical history is available to our Fertility Specialists prior to commencing the donation process.
• Infectious Disease and Genetic Screening – All donors must complete medical and genetic screening to confirm their health as a donor.
• Fertility Specialist Assessment – A medical check-up is required to assess your current and past health and to obtain a detailed family medical history, including for any existing children.
• Counselling – There are many important implications surrounding known donation, so it is important to be fully informed prior to deciding if donation is right for you. All donors must attend at least three implications counselling sessions, individually and as a group with your recipients. If you are married or in a de facto relationship your partner must also attend counselling.
• Cooling-off period – All known donor arrangements are subject to a mandatory three-month cooling-off period, as per Western Australian legislation.
• Donation Phase – Our dedicated science and/or nursing team will work alongside your fertility specialist to guide you through each step of the donation process.
• Quarantine – Three months after your donation, you will be required to complete post-quarantine screening to reassess your infectious disease status. Confirmation of clear results allows your donation to be released from quarantine and made available to your known recipients, pending the completion of all required documentation.
• Documentation & Consents – The Donor Coordinators will email you multiple consent forms for completion throughout the donation process.
• Reimbursement – The recipient(s) will be responsible for all expenses incurred during the donation process.