Areas of Focus

• The Invitrogen Foundation is committed to strengthening the pipeline of future life scientists. Funding and partnership opportunities that address the following areas of interest will be considered:

  • Life science education for students, beginning at the high school level
  • Professional development for high school and community college instructors
  • Programs that are broad in scope and reach students and/or educators from a variety of geographic locations are preferred.
  • Special consideration is also given to programs that target groups traditionally underrepresented in the life sciences, including but not limited to women and diverse populations

  
  Through outreach and education, the Invitrogen Foundation also seeks to increase society’s understanding of the life sciences and their critical role in addressing global issues. Programs and initiatives that address these objectives are preferred:

  • Educating community leaders about the importance of life science, particularly as it relates to education, economic strength and global health
  • Activities and initiatives that demonstrate thought leadership
  • Museum and traveling exhibits, community events and public lectures, that reach a broad, cross-section of the population
  • Special consideration is also given to programs that have a global dimension

  
  The Invitrogen Foundation will consider requests from national and international organizations with a broad reach.  Local organizations within communities where Invitrogen has a presence are welcome to apply. The Invitrogen Foundation will generally not consider a local request from outside our geographic areas of operation.