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Chemistry

Matches and Challenges

$30,000 available in matches and challenges.

Chemistry Match

Scheduled

Anonymous members from our Department of Chemistry community have generously committed $30,000 to inspire our Day of the Badger giving—and are challenging us to join in. For every dollar you give, your impact will be doubled, thanks to this dollar‑for‑dollar match. By participating, we’re doing more than meeting a match. We’re setting an example. Our support today shows current students what it looks like to give back—so that one day, as alumni, they’ll feel inspired to do the same. Let’s come together for Day of the Badger and make every gift go twice as far for Chemistry.

The UW–Madison Department of Chemistry is known for its outstanding teaching, research, and outreach programs as well as for its collegial and collaborative atmosphere. Here, you’ll find gritty, courageous leaders who are steering our program with curiosity, insight, and determination. This spirit will lead us into the future, but we can’t do it alone. Our continued success depends on the support of donors and benefactors who share our passion for discovery and the highest quality of education. 

Priorities for the department include boosting lab start-up funding to attract faculty talent, increasing support for our graduate students, and ensuring top-quality, impactful research by maintaining cutting-edge shared instrumentation facilities. Your donation can support our growth and mission in numerous ways.  

GOALS 

  • Attract and retain excellent faculty by offering competitive start-up packages that fund lab start-up costs, equipment purchases, and research. 
  • Extend support for graduate students and postdocs by providing funding beyond traditional limits to foster more time for research. 
  • Ensure top-quality, impactful research through state-of-the-art shared instrumentation. 
  • Provide broader access to a PhD in chemistry by supporting programs that attract and retain graduate students who represent varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. 
  • Expand and fortify our chemistry education outreach program to advance the Wisconsin Idea. 

“I am grateful for your belief in my potential.”  

— Eshani, chemistry graduate student 

Gifts will be contributed to the Department of Chemistry Fund – 112221370 at the University of Wisconsin Foundation.