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Your Passion: Our Priorities
You shared what matters to you. We listened. The FAU Foundation works hard to assure your investment advances the issues you care about most.
Education
As the national debt crisis escalates, the FAU Foundation is securing support for scholarships and success programs so our students continue to strive and thrive in outstanding ways.
58%
of students represent varied ethnic backgrounds, creating the most diverse university in the state system with the highest graduation rates among peers
33%
of students are the first in their families to attend college, bolstered by the economic and life skills support of our student success programs
1 and Only
As the region’s only public university, our graduates strengthen the state with workforce-ready thinkers, doers and leaders
Health
FAU engages the full spectrum of human health with an emphasis on the golden years. Through research, clinical trials, and patient care, we specialize in the challenges facing Florida’s various populations, including addiction, developmental disabilities, and dementia.
6 Colleges
share a research focus on Healthy Aging and Neuroscience, addressing the wellness needs of our state’s population
$4 million
in grant funding by the National Institutes of Health helps FAU scientists understand and treat addiction, putting FAU on the frontlines of the opioid crisis
World-renowned
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and Scripps Florida are research partners to FAU undergraduates and faculty
Environment
Water is Florida’s greatest resource — and challenge. FAU’s focus on severe weather and its effects is leading research that will influence critical concerns ranging from international food security and national defense to personal property.
$10 Million
in research awards from the U.S. Navy helps our experts study deep water national defense
$2.4 Million
in research support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture funds an industrial aquaculture research project that could solve global food shortages
State Leadership
Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Dr. James Sullivan, Executive Director at FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, to a statewide taskforce addressing toxic algae blooms and property, health, and the environment
Funding the Future Through FAU
Funding the Future Through FAU
Donors Supporting this Fund:
900+
FAU Cares Emergency Fund
65% of FAU students work to put themselves through school. Be there for them during the Covid-19 crisis. The FAU Cares Emergency Fund helps currently registered, degree-seeking students experiencing financial hardship. The fund can cover room, utilities, meals, tuition, books, gas, Wi-Fi, and personal expenses.
Donors Supporting this Fund:
100+
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing Lamplighter Scholarship Fund
Today the majority of 7,000 College of Nursing alumni are providing healthcare in South Florida. The recently-endowed Lamplighter Scholarship Fund supports students dedicated to a nursing career in our community. “An investment in this fund is an investment in the health of the people in our community,” said 40-year FAU philanthropist Lynn. Join her in empowering our next generation of nursing professionals.
Donors Supporting this Fund:
200+
Kelly/Strul Emerging Scholars Program Fund
Equity in Action. This powerful fund allows qualified Florida high school graduates to attend FAU, regardless of their socioeconomic status. Change the trajectory of a life forever by setting a scholar’s feet on FAU’s proven path of support and success.
RUBIN & CYNTHIA GRUBER
"When we see something that could spark change, we look at how to magnify that opportunity and give it greater impact."
Both Rubin and Cindy grew up in households with grandmothers who kept a tin can in the kitchen, which served as a collection vessel for money that would go to charitable causes. If they didn’t have money to give, they would volunteer their time and talent, realizing the importance of giving back.
Invest in Opportunity Today
Giving through the FAU Foundation is a transformative experience for all. Your gift can do more, go further, and blaze trails like no place else.
“Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.” -- Henri Frederic Amiel