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Featured Funds
Chemistry & Biochemistry General Fund
Your gift supports education in chemistry and biochemistry with cross-disciplinary emphasis, including research in biomedical and biotechnology, diseases and drug discovery (natural and synthetic compounds), energy conversion of nanomaterials, nanophotonics, and imaging.
Chemical Screening Center
Your gift supports a state-of-the-art chemical screening center—modern equipment, libraries, technical assistance, screens, and data analysis—for identifying new agents to address neglected and complex diseases.
Curricular Undergraduate Research Experiences (CURE)
Your gift supports lab courses based on faculty-led research projects, where students gain intensive lab experience, including data analysis, critical thinking, and soft skills necessary for successful careers in the life science industry.
Crews Endowment for Diversity in Chemistry
Your gift provides grants to undergraduate students working on research projects in science and technology, covering costs associated with conducting research and a stipend.
Chemistry & Biochemistry Annual Symposium
Your donation helps make the Chemistry & Biochemistry Symposium possible. This symposium is a full day event that combines the Bunnett, Fink, and Crews lectures in addition to adding a renowned speaker in the field of Physical Chemistry.
More Ways to Support
Academic Excellence Program (ACE) Fund
Your gift provides a community where students from culturally, ethnically, and economically varied backgrounds achieve academic success through science problem-solving sessions, study and communication skills, and networking.
ACCESS Program Fund
Your gift supports local community college students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds who are interested in pursuing careers in biomedical research.
Degree-Defining Experiences Program
Your gift offers transformational learning opportunities for undergraduates in the form of experiential field courses and other activities outside the classroom.
Endowment for Undergraduate Research in Science & Technology (URST)
Your gift provides grants to undergraduate students working on research projects in science and technology, covering costs associated with conducting research and a stipend.
Other Opportunities
Many other opportunities for supporting UCSC’s world renowned programs in Chemistry & Biochemistry are available. For more information on giving, call the Chemistry & Biochemistry office at (831) 459-4002 or email us.
Donors to the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department
Thank you to all of the donors and supporters of the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department. Your gift is well appreciated!