Ian Laurence Scott (12 October 1933 – 24 January 2001) was an Australian Rotarian who founded Australian Rotary Health (ARH), a major non-government funder of medical research in Australia.

In 1981, while a member of the Rotary Club of Mornington, Victoria, Scott was moved by the plight of families affected by sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

By 1995, ARH had raised enough money to fund its first grants, which went to research on SIDS.

[1] Research supported by ARH led to a major decrease in mortality from SIDS in Australia.

[4] In 1989, Ian Scott was made a Life Member of ARH, the organization's highest honour.