Campaign Highlights:

The Carnegie Campaign for Science has reached a significant milestone. $58 million in pledges, gifts and grants have been made by individuals and foundations, more than three-quarters of our $75 million goal.

Carnegie's developmental biologists moved into the newly completed Maxine F. Singer Building on the Johns Hopkins University campus in June 2005. $20 million was raised for the project in response to a Kresge Challenge grant.

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation is providing $4.2 million over 7 years in support of the Department of Global Ecology.

The Vera Rubin Postdoctoral Fellowship in Astronomy has been established with a $1 million gift by Carnegie Trustee Jaylee Mead.

A Strong Beginning to Carnegie’s Second Century of Science

Carnegie researchers have been at the forefront of fundamental discoveries for 100 years. None of the science that we do today was envisioned a century ago. Nor can we imagine what the next hundred years will bring. However, we do know that as long as the Carnegie Institution retains its independence, flexibility, and commitment to excellence, our scientists will continue to provide the foundation upon which future science will be built.

The Institution sees its future as distinct from that of large or mission-driven research organizations in which scientists undertake work that conforms to the aims of federal or private-sector interests. Carnegie supports almost two-thirds of its research from its own endowment. To ensure that this tradition of independence continues, we have undertaken the Carnegie Campaign for Science, a $75-million fund-raising effort that will sustain the best of ongoing Carnegie science and open up new avenues for scientific research.

As outlined below, there are five major components to the campaign, each with its own objectives.

The Global Ecology Initiative Fund. The objective is to raise $20 million to endow a sixth Carnegie department—the Department of Global Ecology—and $7 million for the new building housing the department, which is located adjacent to the Department of Plant Biology on the campus of Stanford University.

The Embryology Facility Fund--Maxine F. Singer Building Project. The goal was to raise $5 million (to supplement a $25 million construction bond) for construction of a new building on the campus of Johns Hopkins University and $15 million for an endowment in support of building operations and maintenance. The Institution has succeeded in raising the full $20 million for the project--$1.5 million from the Kresge Foundation and $18.5 million from individuals, foundations, and corporations.

The Observatories Enhancement Fund. This is a $15-million effort to support new scientific staff members and instrumentation.

The Earth and Planetary Science Innovation Fund. The aim is to raise $11 million for instrumentation and facilities renewal at the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism and the Geophysical Laboratory. The 80-year old Experiment Building on the Broad Branch Road campus will be transformed into a vibrant center for scientific conferences and seminars and will be renamed the David Greenewalt Building.

The Postdoctoral Fellowship Fund. The goal is to raise $2 million to endow named fellowships.

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