How You Can Help
The Farber Institute for Neurosciences of Thomas Jefferson University was created with a singular mission: to translate advances in basic neuroscience research into new therapies for nervous system disorders. Gifts from private donors are essential to our ability to accomplish this mission.
Our Funding Priorities focus on expanding our robust programs in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Movement Disorders, ALS (Lou Gherig's Disease), Multiple Sclerosis and Addiction. You can learn more about each of these programs by going to For Patients & Families and choosing the area of interest.
Your gift is important to us, and will be recognized as such. Recognition Opportunities include naming and/or endowing program-specific research in any of the areas above. Establishing a named research center or laboratory, supporting a specific clinical trial, or funding a research fellowship are just a few examples of how you can enrich our neuroscience research, and we encourage you to meet with us to explore all of the opportunities.
Funding Priorities
Alzheimer's Disease: The Institute's Center for Alzheimer's Research and Care, directed by Barry Rovner, M.D., is pursuing three of the first clinical trials in North America to test new drugs that specifically target amyloid.
See Alzheimer's Research at Farber for more details about these programs. For more details about Alzheimer's-specific recognition and giving opportunities, please visit How You Can Help Support Alzheimer's Research at Farber.
Parkinson's Disease: Associate Director Lorraine Iacovitti, Ph.D., is breaking new ground in the development of cell-transplant therapies using dopamine neurons that her team has painstakingly created from stem cells. Her laboratory is the first to generate a pure population of dopamine cells by carefully regulating how they are grown, and is now testing grafts of these cells in animal models.
See Parkinson's Research at Farber for more details about these programs.
ALS: Laboratory Heads, Davide Trotti, Ph.D. and Piera Pasinelli, Ph.D., Co-Directors of the Joseph and Francis Weinberg Unit for ALS Research, applying fundamental understandings about how nerve cells die in neurodegenerative disease to develop better treatments for amytrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and are laying the groundwork for a completely new approach to treating the disease with a technique known as RNA interference.
Other Movement Disorders:
See Movement Disorders Research at Farber for more details about these programs.
Addiction: Laboratory Head Elisabeth Van Bockstaele, Ph.D., is teasing apart the brain mechanisms that turn drug use into addictive behavior, and studying new therapies that may ease the symptoms of drug withdrawal.
See Addiction Research at Farber for more details about these programs.
Recognition Opportunities |
Funding Level |
Named Research Center
To support an existing facility
or establish a new center within
the Farber Institute (e.g., John
Doe Center for Parkinson's Research) |
$2 million to $5 million |
Named Endowed Chair/Presidential Endowed Chair
To endow a Chair or Presidential
Chair of a research center or program
within the Farber Institute (e.g.,
Barry Rovner, M.D., the John
Doe Chair of the Center for Alzheimer's
Disease Research & Care)
Funds support salary in perpetuity. |
$1.5 million to $2 million |
Named Laboratory
To advance and expand an existing research program (e.g., John Doe Movement Disorders Laboratory) |
$500,000 |
Named Endowed Fellowships
To support resident fellowships focused on a specific research area of focus at the Farber Institute (e.g., John Doe Fellowship in Multiple Sclerosis) |
$300,000 to $500,000 |
Named
Faculty Award
To support faculty positions at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Laboratory Head in a specific research area of focus (e.g., John Doe Asst. Prof. and Lab Head in Cholesterol/Amyloid Interactions) |
$100,000 to $250,000 |
Named
Research Awards
To support promising young investigators who are pursuing careers in an area of the Institute's research focus |
$100,000 |
Brain Trust Wall of Honor
Donors at this level will be inducted into the "Brain Trust," commemorated with a special plaque in the donor's name to be displayed prominently in the Institute's lobby, and receive invitations to select Institute events |
$25,000 to $50,000 |
Other Ways to Give to Farber
You can also support Farber research through unrestricted grants; outright gifts of cash, securities or real property; trusts and gift estates; bequests, or matching gifts. These contributions provide a level of flexibility that enables the Institute to support its core programs and establish new programs based on scientific priorities as delineated by the Institute's boards.
Contact Us
Please contact us
at FINgiving@jefferson.edu or
at the numbers below to discuss the many opportunities for helping us
advance our research priorities and develop treatments and cures for these
devastating neurological disorders.
- Lorraine Iacovitti, Interim Director of the Farber Institute for
Neurosciences: (215) 503-4200.
- Carol Armstrong, Director of Development
for Neurosciences: (215) 955-1061.
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more about giving to Jefferson.
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