Please help contribute to the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute.  Philanthropy plays an important role in the Institute’s goals to promote the understanding, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases. Through philanthropic financial support, individual donors, foundations, and corporations can participate in advancing our scientific knowledge.

People around the world have been touched personally or have family or friends that have suffered from the diseases that VGTI is currently fighting through scientific research. Your philanthropic support, along with like-minded individuals and business leaders, ensures that our scientists can continue their critical mission of working on the promise of tomorrow—today.

Your donation helps to augment our grant funding and allow us to develop better health outcomes sooner. There is no greater investment in stopping infectious diseases that may impact you and your family, than providing support for at the forefront of where VGTI’s research becomes cures.

VGTI offers two options and account to consider when donating that serve differing purposes:

The VGTI Support Foundation Fund
Gifts to the VGTI Support Foundation Fund provides vital support that allows us find cures for life threatening infectious diseases.  These funds help us to have necessary resources and create and conduct innovative infectious disease research studies, leading to the development of vaccines and cures. 

The Jay Nelson Memorial Fund
Gifts to the Jay Nelson Memorial Fund supports providing education and learning opportunities for our current up and coming scientists with a focus on Herpesvirus.