Giving

The generous support of private funders and corporations is critical to our success. Our ability to fund early-stage and proof-of-concept work, recruit world-class faculty, and build innovative laboratories drives our ability to make progress.

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Success, amplified

Your support will have effects beyond its immediate boost to R&D. For example, in 2008, the Rogers Family Foundation established the Bridging the Gap Award for translational research with $3 million to be allocated over four years. So many well-qualified researchers applied—the first year, QB3 could only fund three groups out of 40 deserving applications—that the need for this kind of support became clear, and we were able to present a strong case to Pfizer for similar funding. Pfizer then contributed $9 million.

How you can make a difference:

Give to the QB3 Catalyst Fund, which fulfills two of QB3’s most critical needs: bridging the “Valley of Death” and funding fellowships for international graduate students.

The “Valley of Death” is the chasm between discovery and private funding as research progresses from basic to applied. Government grants typically offer support only for early stages of discovery. The best discoveries become candidates for full-scale development. But then federal funding stops—and private investment generally does not begin until after the first phase of development yields results. The Catalyst Fund is a vital component of QB3's Innovation Toolkit, which enables researchers to cross the Valley of Death.

A lack of funding also impairs UC’s ability to recruit the finest international graduate scholars. Their input provides perspectives that accelerate progress. But without the means to support themselves, these scholars cannot afford to join the UC community. Gifts providing fellowships to international graduate students sustain them while they discover new approaches to fight disease.