Gifts to the Dean’s Innovation Fund for the College of Natural Science and Mathematics can support the following:
- Scholarships for and recognition of outstanding students
- Funds for student travel to conferences to present their research results
- Faculty/undergraduate research collaboration
Specifically, gifts can be used for
- $50: Purchase a science book for the Libraries
- $100: Pay passport/visa fees for a study-abroad student, provide a prize to encourage student excellence in research, purchase a science reference book for a laboratory
- $250: Purchase equipment to be used in laboratories
- $500: Support a student science club field trip, sponsor a student’s attendance at a professional meeting
- $1,500: Host a visiting science lecturer, support a summer school scholarship
- $2,500: Travel support for a student to study abroad, partial graduate student stipend