[OWW-Discuss] invitrogen foundation
John Cumbers
johncumbers at gmail.com
Thu Mar 20 13:30:58 EDT 2008
I'd say that Youtube counts as a public broadcast...
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Mackenzie Cowell <macowell at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Boo. From: http://www.invitrogen.com/content.cfm?pageid=12186
>
> Media is specifically not funded. See bold:
>
> "Due to IRS regulations and Invitrogen's funding priorities, The
> Invitrogen Foundation will not support the following:
>
> - Individuals and for-profit organizations
> - Political organizations, campaigns, and activities
> - Fraternal/labor/veteran's organizations and activities
> - Religious organizations or groups whose activities are primarily
> sectarian in purpose
> - Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex,
> sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, national origin,
> veteran's status, or disability
> - Fund-raising activities
> - Capital or building campaigns, including new construction and
> renovation of facilities
> - *Media (e.g., radio, TV, film, web-cast) productions (except
> Public Broadcasting)*
> - Sponsored research
> - Basic or clinical research projects, such as epidemiological
> studies, clinical trials, or other pharmaceutical studies
> - Meetings, conferences, symposia or workshops unrelated to
> advancing the life sciences
> - Unrestricted general support or ongoing operating support
> - Fellowship/tuition support for a specific individual
> - Debt reduction
> - Beauty or talent contests
> - Advertising
> - Festivals and parades
>
> In some cases, Invitrogen may consider funding the following activities as
> they relate to advancing the life sciences:
>
> - Dinners
> - Galas
> - Capital campaigns
> - Building campaigns"
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 5:56 PM, John Cumbers <johncumbers at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I'd be happy to direct a series of protocol videos aimed at high school
> > students, a la 'nanodrop it like it's hot' :)
> > cheers,
> > John
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 11:56 AM, natalie kuldell <nkuldell at mit.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > It seems like the goal of their program, at least currently, is to
> > > promote general scientific literacy.
> > > See: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080221/20080221005076.html?.v=1
> > >
> > > I had a talk with the Invitrogen Foundation folks last week and have
> > > requested info on previously funded applications. That list may give a
> > > better sense of what kinds of synthetic biology projects stand a chance. I'm
> > > happy to pass along the information I get back.
> > >
> > > Natalie
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm all for writing up a proposal, seems like they are looking for
> > > K-12
> > > stuff though. Maybe if we play up the global reach, protocol
> > > repository
> > > (for CC instructors) and the video lab tours as outreach mechanisms,
> > > we'll stand a good chance.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > >
> > > Guidelines:
> > > The Invitrogen Foundation is committed to strengthening the pipeline
> > > of
> > > future life scientists. Funding and partnership opportunities that
> > > address the following areas of interest will be considered:
> > >
> > > * Life science education for students, beginning at the high
> > > school
> > > level
> > > * Professional development for high school and community college
> > > instructors
> > >
> > > ------
> > > * Programs that are broad in scope and reach students and/or
> > > educators from a variety of geographic locations are preferred.
> > > ------
> > >
> > > * Special consideration is also given to programs that target
> > > groups
> > > traditionally underrepresented in the life sciences, including but not
> > > limited to women and diverse populations
> > >
> > > Through outreach and education, the Invitrogen Foundation also seeks
> > > to
> > > increase society's understanding of the life sciences and their
> > > critical
> > > role in addressing global issues. Programs and initiatives that
> > > address
> > > these objectives are preferred:
> > >
> > > * Educating community leaders about the importance of life
> > > science,
> > > particularly as it relates to education, economic strength and global
> > > health
> > > * Activities and initiatives that demonstrate thought leadership
> > > * Museum and traveling exhibits, community events and public
> > > lectures, that reach a broad, cross-section of the population
> > > * Special consideration is also given to programs that have a
> > > global
> > > dimension
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: oww-discuss-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:oww-discuss-bounces at mit.edu]
> > > On Behalf Of Austin Che
> > > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:23 AM
> > > To: discuss at openwetware.org
> > > Subject: [OWW-Discuss] invitrogen foundation
> > >
> > >
> > > Just saw this:
> > > http://www.invitrogen.com/content.cfm?pageid=12185
> > >
> > > Invitrogen apparently has a foundation with money to give for
> > > "strengthening the pipeline of future life scientists." It is
> > > explicitly targeted at not-for-profit organizations. Given the
> > > number of not-for-profit organizations in the life sciences, it
> > > seems that if OWW made a proposal, there'd be a pretty good chance
> > > of getting some funding.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Austin Che <austin at csail.mit.edu> (617)253-5899
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Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Box G-W
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