Fundraising Priorities

The fundraising priorities set by UMass Medical School and UMass Memorial are those with the greatest potential for shaping biomedical science in the 21st century. Gifts support cutting-edge research, educational programs to launch students on careers in the health sciences, advance new treatments and therapies and build state-of-the-art facilities.

Endowing Scholarships

Enabling UMMS students with financial challenges to pursue their dreams of becoming physicians. (more)

UMass ALS Champion Fund

In recognition of the critical need for new treatments for ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, the UMass ALS Champion Fund is a movement to drive awareness and funding for the ALS breakthroughs happening at UMass Medical School (UMMS) and in the laboratory of Robert H. Brown, Jr., DPhil, MD, one of the world’s leading and most promising ALS researchers. For up-to-date news and information about the Champion Fund:

             www.umassals.com 

Albert Sherman Center

A world-class facility supporting medical research and health sciences education home to four programmatic units. (more)