Fundraising Events

Each year FNI hosts an anticpated event featuring a lovely dinner, socializing and top-notch entertainment.

 

Below is information on what funds have been used for thanks to successful past events and wonderful supporters like you.

 

 

 

Proceeds from the Field of Hope BennettFit fundraiser will initiate the first-ever Field Neurosciences Institute Endowed Research Fellowship. The addition of the state-of-the-art lab equipment obtained during the last two fundraising events has made it possible for FNI to expand its productivity into new and innovative directions, and funds for the new research fellowship will greatly increase the opportunities for medical breakthroughs. This fellowship will provide the seed money for a growing endowment that will be a perpetual source of support for young researchers who possess a passion for neuroscience and a fervent desire to commit their time and energy toward searching for promising new therapies. It will be an enduring source of new talent in FNI's hope and quest to find effective treatments and cures for neurological dysfunction. Your contributions will provide critical and long-lasting support for FNI's mission to provide desperately needed help and hope for the millions of people who suffer from central nervous system disorders.

 

 

Incubator Fluoroscence Microscope System

 

This system will provide 3-D, time-lapse analyses of cultured cells, allowing us to screen potential treatments faster and more effectively than we can ever do by using animal models directly.  It will accelerate effective screening of potential drugs and adult stem cell treatments by several years--saving an estimated $1M in the next 10 yrs.

 

This system will make the FNI Lab in Saginaw the best-equipped lab for cellular neuroscience North of MSU!

 

 

Flow Cytometer

 

Funds were used to purchase a flow cytometer, a state-of-the-art cell-sorting apparatus that will "jump start" the research progress by months or even years.