Dr Anthony Wild matchfunded £5,685
By
Richard Taylor
York
We’re inviting alumni and friends of our renowned Department of Chemistry to join together in our anniversary year to open doors for students this summer and in the future.
Over the past 50 years the Department of Chemistry has continued to develop its first class formula of excellence, enquiry, enthusiasm and inclusivity – attracting the brightest students to York as one of the top 7 departments in the country. Next year we’ll add a challenging new Natural Sciences option to our courses.
Our new state of the art facilities enable students to learn in a research environment whilst retaining the small group teaching in colleges, flexible course structure and the opportunity to specialize in industrial, medicinal or environmental chemistry – things that our many alumni remember and value.
Alumni tell us too that it’s not just what they were taught but how they were taught that gave them the tools to go on to develop successful careers in research, industry and policy.
Our popular year abroad course has placements as far afield as India and Canada, and our Chemistry programmes teach subjects as broad as analytical and forensic chemistry to genetic engineering. Experience that is vital in today’s world.
In the past four years we’ve added research internships to the Chemistry experience, and for our 50th anniversary aim to increase this opportunity and make them available to all no matter what their background.
These internships typically provide 8 weeks experience on a focused project in the summer period working with the Department’s cutting edge research teams and help to develop our next generation of scientists.
We urgently need to establish a sustainable source of income to support our undergraduate students in taking our summer vacation research placements, this year and beyond.
Our target is ambitious but achievable thanks to the support of alumnus Dr Anthony Wild. We need you to help us unlock his generosity.
Dr Anthony Wild has committed to match all your gifts pound for pound.
By raising £20,000, which will be matched at 100%, we'll provide £40,000 for this great project. Gifts of £500 or more will be double matched, so we can reach our target even quicker.
Your support will ensure the Department of Chemistry continues to attract and foster the best and brightest talent, and you’ll help to train the next generation of scientists who will find solutions to critical global issues.
The great ‘chemistry’ created over the past 50 years combined with Dr Anthony Wild’s Matching Challenge provide the perfect catalyst to give Chemistry students at York more valuable experience and a competitive edge.
Please consider joining your alumni friends and professors to help expand this scheme by giving generously. Whatever you are able to give will help towards our goal. Thank you.
Directly to cover the students living costs over the internship period, each student will get £1,000.
In the spirit of crowdfunding, we’ve devised some bespoke thank yous as a token of our appreciation. On YuStart, they’re termed ‘rewards’, though their value is slight. Our aim is simply to evoke some memories of York, and bring you closer to the students and research that your gifts will support.
YuStart will send you regular updates from the Department through the life of the project. We know that for our generous supporters it’s the investment in the future and the continuation of the ethos of Chemistry that is important. Thank you.
There has never been a better time for you to give to the Chemistry 50 Fund so please share the news about our Chain Reaction campaign for Chemistry with friends, family or fellow alumni.
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Select this reward if you just want to donate to the project without receiving a reward.
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Thank you for supporting research internships! We'll express our gratitude with a thank you tweet!
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For your generous support you will receive a thank you bookmark from York and a signed thank you letter from the Head of Department.
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Thank you for donating £50. We've designed a special set of Chemistry bookmarks which we hope you'll enjoy.
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In thanks for your kind gift, as well as the bookmarks, our 50th anniversary brochure will bring back some memories for all involved in the Department.
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For your donation of £250 we will send you all of the above as well as our Chemistry branded notebook and pen.
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£500 - Thank you, what a fantastic contribution! In addition to the Chemistry momentos above we will send you a copy of your very own student photo from back in the day (subject to availability), a branded memory stick with images from our archive library to remind your days at York. In addition, we know that you'll get immense satisfaction of having unlocked another £1000 of matched funding for the project.
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Thank you for supporting the campaign by giving £1000! As an acknowledgement of your support we will send you the Chemistry 50th book, exploring the history of the Department. If you prefer, you can see the direct effect of your contribution by coming back to campus and having an individual tour of the facilities as well as your student photo! Unfortunately, accommodation and transport costs are not included.
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