The President's Academic Venture Fund
The President's Academic Venture Fund provides resources that can be flexibly allocated at the discretion of the University's president and his scientific advisers. There are times when $250,000 invested in a new kind of microscope, or $45,000 in salary and benefits for one more postdoctoral investigator, can make an extraordinary difference in the progress of a research project. Or when $700,000 to renovate laboratory facilities and provide start-up support can launch an exceptionally promising young scientist on a world-class research career.
Gifts to The President's Academic Venture Fund:
- Enable Rockefeller scientists to pursue promising leads and undertake investigations that are novel and therefore too "risky" to qualify for early federal support.
- Provide "bridge" support for young scientists at a critical stage in their careers, before they have established a track record needed to secure funding from the National Institutes of Health and other government agencies.
- Accelerate the pace at which discoveries made in basic science laboratories can be translated into clinical applications, taking full advantage of the unique research facilities of The Rockefeller University Hospital.
- Help pay for essential capital projects and the acquisition of new technology, fundamental needs for which outside funding is scarce.
- Support unconventional collaborations between researchers approaching key scientific questions from different perspectives. Some of the most productive research occurs at the interfaces between scientific disciplines, falling outside the boundaries adhered to by most funding agencies.
CONTACT
For additional information about the President's Academic Venture Fund, please contact:
Ms. Maren E. Imhoff
Vice President for Development
The Rockefeller University
1230 York Avenue, Box 164
New York, NY 10065
Telephone: (212) 327-7170
E-mail: giving@mail.rockefeller.edu
