Giving Opportunities

Marjorie Riches Gunn Endowment Fund

Named for Marjorie Riches Gunn, long-time friend and former Biochemistry Department secretary during the chairmanship of Dr. Leo Samuels; proceeds from this fund support a wide range of initiatives, programs, and events.

Sidney Velick Memorial Fund for Postdoctoral and Graduate Education

Named in honor of former department chair Dr. Sidney Velick, this fund supports training opportunities for Biochemistry graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with outstanding potential for careers in science. Funds may be used for stipends, travel to scientific meetings and courses, or other activities that enhance the training and education of the individual.

Pace Lectureship

The Pace Lecture is an annual event bringing eminent biochemists to Utah to deliver seminars and interact with faculty and trainees. The Pace Lectureship was established in the names of Bill and Wanda Pace, long-time residents of Utah, by their nephew, Nick Pace, Distinguished Professor of Molecular and Cellular Medicine at Texas A & M University.

Emerging Technology and Instrumentation Fund

Scientific research advances, in part, through the development of technologies and equipment that allow increasingly sophisticated questions to be addressed. This fund allows the Biochemistry Department to purchase state-of-the-art equipment that cannot be funded by existing federal and private granting mechanisms. Acquiring innovative technologies as soon as they become available allows us to remain at the cutting edge of scientific research and respond to new research and funding opportunities.

Biochemistry Space

Enhancing space within the Biochemistry Department.