Well everyone, yesterday officially marked the end of our 2020 LaunchKU fundraiser! Thank you so, so much to everyone who contributed to this important fundraising effort!! Our final total was at $1,801, which was $301 over our goal! We can’t tell you all how much your support means to us, especially during these strange times. These funds are going to allow some very passionate young scientists to do some incredible things that we look forward to sharing with you all! If you were able to contribute to our campaign under your name, please look out for the thank you cards we’ll be sending out soon. Thanks a billion, everyone!!

This is just a quick update to say thanks so much to everyone for helping us reach our fundraising goal!! We will still be accepting donations, as additional funds will allow us to complete even more of our goals. Can you help us make it to $2000? 

We’d like to give a big thanks to everyone who donated to our campaign this week! We are currently at $1,130 and are officially halfway through our campaign! We’re so grateful to you all for pitching in to support our graduate students during this tumultuous time—it means more to us now than ever! Check out Claudia’s video to hear how she used her scholarship from LaunchKU funds to attend a biogeography conference in Quito, Ecuador.

Thank you to everyone who donated to our campaign this past week! We are ecstatic to say that we broke the $1,000 mark; what a week! We are so incredibly thankful for your support and hope you know that your contributions are supporting talented upcoming scientists with their important work. Rene  Martin was able to use her LaunchKU-funded travel scholarship for a conference in Utah where she presented her research about deep-sea fishes. Check out her video below to learn how it contributed to her development as a scientist!

Thanks to all who contributed to our fundraising efforts this past week! With your help we were able to raise $225 through our LaunchKU campaign, as well as $67 from our kickoff on Monday at Jefferson’s for a grand total of $292. Not too shabby! We deeply appreciate everyone coming together to support our graduate students. Your donations are allowing graduate students like Ligia here to do things like attend a 2-week training intensive on land-carbon cycle modeling in Arizona!! Check out her  video below to learn how the LaunchKU funds supported her professional development!