The Jefferson Trust

Our 2023-24 Annual Report is live!🔸🔹View the work of our grantees, the continued impact of Trust grants, and more. https://lnkd.in/eBj5Hjk2

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20 Years of Grantmaking🔸🔹In 2010 Jefferson’s Soundscapes received $25,000 to research and record rare documents about soundscapes and music in early America. Through a series of concerts, conferences, and exhibits, participants were able to better understand, listen to, and present the variety of musical sounds that echoed through late 18th and early 19th century America. Visit https://bit.ly/4eIGB0S for more. Ten grants, totaling $350,000, were awarded in 2010.

The Trust was an early supporter of the Decarbonization Innovation and Lab project, which has since evolved into the Decarbonization Academy, providing ongoing internships for students through the Environmental Institute. Check out the work from summer interns.

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is ever-changing. Fresh ideas are always being introduced to advance the field, and in the last two-years alone, the Trust has helped jumpstart multiple STEM-related projects around the University.

20 Years of Grantmaking🔸🔹Fourteen grants, totaling $376,657, were awarded in 2009, including $50,860 to the Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings Conservation Project. This project focused on the conservation treatment and re-housing of original architectural drawings of the University.

Congratulations to UVA pediatric cardiologist, Dr. Michael McCulloch, and Associate Professor of Systems Engineering, Michael Porter. Project leads on “Improving Pediatric Donor Heart Utilization with Predictive Analytics”, they have received an additional $1.03 million in funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Their team originally received $133,000 from the Trust to use big data analytics to optimize pediatric heart transplants. Analyzing data sets from the United Network of Organ Sharing to help improve clinical practice and create predictive modeling to assess specific donors for specific candidates. This additional five-years of funding will aide in their research and testing efforts.

Congrats to Associate Professor Bryan Berger on receiving a $1.59 million grant from the EPA to further research efforts on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)-polluted agricultural soils. Professor Berger received $93,000 from the Trust in 2022 to lead undergraduate students in research and training of industrial hemp as a tool for phytoremediation of PFAS-polluted agricultural soils. Their preliminary data and published papers from this initial research aided in securing additional funding from the EPA.

Nursing Narratives captures the voices, experiences, and opinions of UVA nurses, including students, faculty, and alumni. 🔗 Read insights from nurses in the most recent edition of the Virginia Nursing Legacy.

Congrats to creator Boris Nakashyan and the UVA Escape Room Tournament team on a successful first tournament last weekend! We're excited for the future!