Fund Raising & Fund Distribution

To conduct pure and applied research, provide both structured education programs and information in non-instructional formats for individuals, organizations, and governance interested in and dependent upon the coastal and marine environment.

THE PRIMARY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL, OPERATIONAL AND OTHER SUPPORT TO AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF, AND TO FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF, THE MCWANE SCIENCE CENTER, AN ALABAMA NONPROFIT CORPORATION EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNDER CODE SECTION 501(C)(3)

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WE SOLICIT DONATIONS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF GRANTS TO RESEARCHERS, LARGELY AFFILIATED WITH UNIVERSITIES AND NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS AND SCHOOLS BUT ALSO INDEPENDENT CITIZEN-SCIENTISTS AND AMATEUR NATURALISTS WHO PURSUE BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON ALL TYPES OF ORGANISMS (= BIODIVERSITY) LIVING IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS IN FLORIDA AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD. WE PUBLISH SUMMARIES OF THE DISCOVERIES MADE BY THE RESEARCHERS. WE ASK GRANT RECIPIENTS TO AUTHOR AND THEN PUBLISH THEIR FINDINGS IN SCIENTIFIC PAPERS IN JOURNALS, POPULAR ARTICLES IN MAGAZINES AND OTHER PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PERIODICALS AND RADIO AND TELEVISION MEDIA. WE PUBLISH BOOKS WRITTEN BY AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHERS, PROFESSIONAL OR AMATEUR, WITH A COMPELLING STORY TO TELL ABOUT ENDANGERED SPECIES, BIODIVERSITY, THREATENED HABITATS SUCH AS THE FLORIDA KEYS OR THE EVERGLADES OR TROPICAL RAINFORESTS, AND VIRTUALLY ANY SUBJECT RELATING TO CONSERVATION AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO

The UNMC Science Research Fund (SRF) is a Nebraska Non-Profit corporation without members. It promotes, encourages, and assists research and scholarly activities by the departments, faculty, staff, and students of UNMC. It also provides guidance and assistance to the community of UNMC to develop new discoveries, inventions, and other intellectual property and to promote the transfer and commercialization of such intellectual property which are beneficial to and compatible with the role and mission of UNMC.

ADVANCING AND ENRICHING SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVOR BY CONNECTING SCIENTISTS WORLDWIDE, FACILITATING THE EXCHANGE OF RESEARCH AND IDEAS, SHOWCASING THE LATEST IN LABORATORY INNOVATION, AND FUNDING SCIENCE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AT ALL LEVELS, KINDERGARTEN THROUGH ADULT.

TO UNLEASH INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP THAT WILL SOLVE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES AND CATALYZE SHARED ECONOMIC PROSPERITY. PROVIDE FUNDING AND HOLISTIC ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPPORT TO CLEANTECH STARTUPS.

TO SUPPORT AND ENHANCE THE SPACE GRANT CONSORTIA IN EVERY STATE TO CARRY OUT EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES IN SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY, AND ADDITIONAL FIELDS RELATED TO SPACE, AERONAUTICS, AVIATION, AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE.

SEE SCHEDULE OTHE NATIONAL ACADEMIES CORPORATION (TNAC) OWNS AND MAINTAINS THE ARNOLD AND MABEL BECKMAN CENTER, A CONFERENCE AND STUDY CENTER IN IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING, THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, AND THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL.

HEALTH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY.

IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT BY INVESTING IN HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

THE MISSION OF THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE U.S.-ISRAEL BINATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (AFBSF) IS TO ENSURE THE CONTINUATION OF COLLABORATIVE WORLD-CLASS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH BY ISRAELI AND AMERICAN SCIENTISTS THROUGH THE US ISRAEL BINATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.