Welcome to Foundation & Corporate Relations

The staff of Foundation and Corporate Relations generates financial support for Health System priorities by promoting mutually beneficial relationships with foundations, corporations, and other philanthropic organizations. By linking science and industry, we seek to nurture the creative process vital to discovery and practical application.

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Corporate Partners - members get special notice of new research developments

   Research - facts on UVa health research and links to centers, sponsored research, technology transfer, and other programs
  Events - conferences and networking sessions geared to research interests
   Key Resources - more resources for industry, including links to the Center for Innovative Technology, the UVa Biotech Training Program, and the UVa Patent Foundation

Contacts - UVa Health Foundation Corporate and Foundation Relations staff and their priority areas of responsibility
   UVa Health System Profile -- Learn what the UVa Health System can offer industry
 


Of Special Interest

Ivy Foundation Gives $45 Million to Medicine at UVa: Largest Capital Gift Ever to the UVa Health System Supports Facilities for Biomedical Research and Patient Care
The Ivy Foundation of Charlottesville has given $45 million to the University of Virginia Health System to expand laboratory space for biomedical research and to speed the translation of new discoveries into effective treatments and cures. The gift also will support new facilities for clinical research and patient care in the areas of cancer and children’s health.

One of the largest contributions in UVa’s history, and the largest ever designated specifically for medical research and clinical applications, the gift comes at a time when the University is striving to build world-class programs in key areas of science. By addressing a critical need for research facilities, especially for research that can lead to new drugs and therapies, the gift helps clear one of the greatest obstacles facing this effort.

University of Virginia Health System Receives $2 Million Gift for Infectious Disease Research and Training
Pfizer Inc. and the Pfizer Foundation are donating a total of $2 million over the next four years to fund a new program at the Health System’s Center for Global Health.  The Pfizer International Health Initiative will support international exchanges of post-doctoral fellows and students between U.Va. and a number of global partners, including governments and universities in Brazil, Uganda, Ghana, Mexico, Philippines and China .

Fighting the Darkness: Foundation speeds research to combat macular degeneration
The Lions Sight Foundation of Virginia at Roanoke is advancing the search for a cure for macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in the U.S.  The foundation has made a generous grant of $200,000 to the University of Virginia to support translational research and development of new techniques for diagnosing and treating the disease.

UVa Sinus Lab Receives Over $1 Million in Equipment Support
Thanks to donations from Linvatec and General Electric, which outfitted the lab with over $1 million in equipment, the new state-of-the-art sinus laboratory at the University of Virginia will develop new endoscopic techniques for sinus and anterior skull base surgery.