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Help Us Move Cancer Research Forward
Every gift we receive makes a difference and impacts our ability to attract and retain world-renowned
researchers and faculty, develop new cancer therapies, preventions, and cures, and ensure excellence in treating
and caring for our patients. The following is a sampling of how you can help.
ENDOWED AND DISTINGUISHED BRIDGE FUNDS—$100,000
PROFESSORSHIPS—$1,500,000 to $2,000,000
As government research funds become more restrictive, it
Professorships honor acclaimed leaders who perform is increasingly difficult for current investigators with on-
groundbreaking research, mentor Ph.D. candidates and junior going, well-established research to sustain uninterrupted
faculty, and attract talented medical students and residents. National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding, and for new
They are among the most coveted and defining rewards that investigators to renew their first grants. These interruptions
a faculty member can receive, recognizing and fostering can have a significant, negative impact on the research being
excellence. They also serve as a powerful recruitment tool conducted and on the careers of young scientists. Private
for the Wilmot Cancer Institute, drawing new faculty and philanthropy is an essential stopgap measure to sustain
researchers of established distinction from around the world. promising science and highly meritorious research projects.
Donors who establish professorships create a legacy that links
them to quality medical education, research, and patient care PILOT PROJECTS/SEED FUNDS—$50,000 to
in perpetuity. Your generosity allows us to advance medical $100,000 (ANNUALLY)
science and do more for human health in the future than we
have been able to do in the past. New ideas need exploration and nurturing before they can
be developed into successful application from the NIH, large
ENDOWED PROGRAM SUPPORT—$250,000 to foundations or other traditional avenues of support. Gifts
$1,000,000 OR MORE for seed funding are “risk capital” for a promising researcher
who has the potential to make groundbreaking discoveries
With your support, we can move forward with strategic that will impact people here and around the world. Funds
investments in multidisciplinary cancer research programs, invested today in innovative research help provide state-of-
grow our regional and national leadership in clinical trials, the-art cancer care for patients tomorrow. They can also be
and increase patients’ access to promising therapies. leveraged many times over, bringing external funding, jobs,
Your investment will directly impact the lives of patients and economic growth to the Rochester Community.
locally and globally, whether your interest is supporting
the innovative research of our scientists, fellows, laboratory GEORGE EASTMAN CIRCLE—$7,500 to $50,000
technicians, and graduate students, the technology that speeds
the path to new therapies, or our team of caregivers who The George Eastman Circle recognizes those who pledge
deliver state-of-the-art, personalized care. unrestricted annual gifts of at least $1,500 a year for five
years, or more, to the Wilmot Cancer Institute. As a member,
For more information about you will not only honor the legacy of one of our greatest
how your gift can make an impact, benefactors and establish a new tradition to inspire others,
please contact Monica Lewis at: but you will also provide the flexible programmatic support
(585) 276-5360 • monica.lewis@rochester.edu or visit: that allows us to take advantage of new opportunities in
Wilmot.urmc.edu cancer research and care.
