Performance in Community
In 2009, the Foundation awarded approximately 30 grants and obligated nearly $5 million. The company also matched approximately $520,000 in employee donations to hundreds of nonprofits globally. Although the matching gift program was phased out in 2009, the Life Technologies Foundation will continue employee matching campaigns for disaster relief, such as the campaign for Haiti earthquake relief conducted in early 2010.
In 2009, Foundation grants included $2 million to several recipients working to advance science, including the New York Academy of Sciences and the Science Museum in London. A partial listing of recipients is included here; more information is available online.
The New York Academy of Sciences received a grant to train medical students and doctors in using genomics to better understand health and disease. This training will be conducted via online and in-class curricula and will also educate current and future doctors on the use of computerized medical records.
The Science Museum in London will refurbish and update their “Who Am I?” exhibit that launches in June 2010, examining how modern science is transforming our understanding of what it means to be human. It will focus on the Human Genome Project, regenerative science, 21st century medicine, and using DNA for applications like forensics and population mapping.
2009 highlights include:
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