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Endowments to Support the Next Generation of Scientists
One of the best ways to make a lasting impact on the scientific community is through an endowed gift to support...
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Help Keystone Symposia Drive Life Science Innovation
Keystone Symposia serves as a catalyst for the advancement of life-science research and medicine by convening the world's leading researchers, clinicians, global health experts and other biomedical players to discuss and solve today’s greatest biomedical challenges.
In order to fulfill these missions, Keystone Symposia relies on financial support from organizations and individuals throughout the global life science community. Their generous gifts and grants fund many aspects of our meeting programs and scholarship opportunities, as a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit organization (Tax ID # 84-1326605).
Directors' Fund
These generous unrestricted gifts allow our Directors to schedule meetings in a wide variety of important areas, many of which are in the early stages of research.
Champions
Top-tier donors making an ongoing, annual commitment of $100,000+. Their public championing of Keystone Symposia's cause provides inspirational leadership commitment to our shared scientific mission of catalyzing collaborations, accelerating discoveries, and preparing and positioning the next generation of leading life scientists.
Benefactors
Donors making a three-year or ongoing commitment of at least $50,000 - $99,999 per year. Their generous support is crucial to Keystone Symposia's ability to plan future scientific conferences focused on emerging topics and excellence in science.
Sustaining Sponsors
Donors making a three-year commitment of $25,000-$49,999 per year. Their generous support is crucial to Keystone Symposia's ability to plan future scientific conferences focused on emerging topics and excellence in science.
Partners
Donors contributing gifts between $10,000 and $24,999. Their generous support makes possible the outstanding scientific quality of our meetings, and vitally important opportunities for interaction between attending scientists.
Patrons
Keystone Symposia thanks the following Patrons for their support of $5,000 - $9,999.
Donors
Keystone Symposia thanks the following Donors for their support of $2,500 - $4,999.
Contributors
Keystone Symposia thanks the following Contributors.
Speaker In-Kind
The following companies with speakers on one or more Keystone Symposia meeting programs have generously agreed to forego reimbursements for speaker travel and lodging expenses.
Diversity Support
We are very grateful for the valuable support directed at increasing the participation of underrepresented scientists among Keystone Symposia leaders and attendees, and enhancing diversity and overall quality of faculty in the life science research community.
Advancing Diversity
Keystone Symposia thanks the following for their financial support for the Advancing Diversity Initiatives Fund. These initiatives will bolster diversity among the scientific workforce, to ensure a future where biomedical research encompasses and serves the broad needs of all of humanity.
Emerging Minds
Keystone Symposia thanks the following for their financial support for the Emerging Minds Fund. This fund invests in our mission to support the next generation of a diverse biomedical workforce by providing funding for travel award scholarships to students, postdocs, early-career investigators, and those from low-and-middle-income countries to attend our meetings.
Emerging Topics
Keystone Symposia thanks the following for their financial support for the Emerging Topics Fund. This fund allows Keystone Symposia to invest in new research frontiers that hold great promise in revolutionizing science and medicine.
Fifty Forward
These generous unrestricted gifts allow our Directors to schedule meetings in a wide variety of important areas, many of which are in the early stages of research.
Future of Science
These generous alumni of previous meetings and others with a passion for ensuring a future of scientific discovery that benefits humankind have made gifts during the last 12 months to support the Keystone Symposia Future of Science Fund. Through their generosity, we are able to provide scholarships to the next generation of biomedical and life scientists, whose education and careers are enhanced by the opportunity to attend meetings and interact with the world's leading senior scientists.
Andy Robertson Memorial Fund for Diversity in Life Science
Andy Robertson was Keystone Symposia's Chief Scientific Officer from 2005 to 2011. In tribute to Andy's legacy and memory, Keystone Symposia has inaugurated the Andy Robertson Memorial Fund for Diversity in Life Science. With the generous support of the following donors, Keystone Symposia has established an endowed fund to underwrite scholarships for underrepresented trainee scientists.
US Government Grants
Grants from government agencies, departments and institutes for conferences in 2022 and 2021. Government support is crucial to Keystone Symposia's ability to recruit outstanding speakers, and to support student and postdoctoral scholarships. We gratefully acknowledge the generous support provided by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other government agencies.
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