Naming and Funding Opportunities
Make a gift that forever links your name, or that of a friend or loved one, with the compassionate care and cutting-edge research that makes Dana-Farber such a remarkable institution.
Presidential Priorities
Gifts of any size to this fund provide critical resources to the President of the Institute to support the most promising new research initiatives in their earliest stages, and to enhance our total patient care.
Research
General Support
Support the many laboratory and clinical research initiatives that take place at the Institute.
Adopt a Lab
Adopt a lab and fund the laboratory of a gifted young researcher for one year and help fuel the next scientific discovery.
Technology
Support for technology funds helps to fuel discoveries in research and innovative patient care.
Clinical Care
These funds enable Dana-Farber to fulfill its commitment to offering truly comprehensive compassionate care, by treating the whole patient – body, mind, and spirit.
Patient Assistance
Patient assistance funds provide emergency support to alleviate some of the financial burdens families face when a loved one is battling cancer.
Support Our Doctors and Caregivers
Professorship
A professorship at Dana-Farber, endowed at Harvard Medical School, is the pinnacle of academic achievement and underwrites a prestigious faculty chair at both institutions.
Chair
A Dana-Farber Chair honors and recognizes a distinguished senior faculty member and provides invaluable financial support to pursue the research and care initiatives that will lead to new discoveries.
Investigatorship
An Investigatorship provides annual income in perpetuity to an outstanding scientist or clinical researcher approaching who has shown remarkable promise, creativity, and determination.
Fellowship
Fellowships ensure the Institute attracts the next generation of leaders. Income from this fund will support a bright young physician/scientist receiving critical specialized training.
Junior Faculty, Caregiver, or Staff Award
This current-use fund names a junior faculty award for one to three years and supports new investigators who are establishing independence in cancer research, or recognizes the efforts of outstanding caregivers.
For more information on the above programs
Contact: Liz DeLucia
Phone: 617-632-6573
Email: elizabeth_delucia@dfci.harvard.edu
The Gene Display at Dana-Farber
The Gene Display is a dynamic representation of the real genetic information that leads to lifesaving cancer treatments. With a gift of $5,000, you can engrave a gene with your personal message of hope or tribute to a loved one or caregiver. Your gift will make an indelible mark on the future of the Institute and will support construction of the Yawkey Center for Cancer, Dana-Farber's new state-of-the-art cancer facility and home of the Gene Display.
For more information
Contact: Mary Gannon
Phone: 617-582-8830
Email: gene_display@dfci.harvard.edu
Yawkey Center for Cancer Care
The Yawkey Center for Cancer Care, our new clinical care and clinical research facility, enables us to more rapidly convert new scientific discoveries into practical benefits for our patients. At 14 stories and 275,000 square feet, the Yawkey Center is the new entrance to Dana-Farber and accommodates all of our rapidly expanding adult clinics. Many naming opportunities are available within the Yawkey Center for Cancer Care.
For more information
Contact: Patty Stewart Brent
Phone: 617-632-2443
Email: patricia_brent@dfci.harvard.edu