[DIYbio] year-end SENS research fundraising

This isn't quite DIYbio, but I though that this group might be
interested from the perspective of following the evolution of
fundraising efforts in a related space, the SENS project.

SENS research programs aim to build the foundation technologies needed
to repair the cellular and molecular damage that causes aging - under
the mainstream model of aging that sees it as the consequence of
stochastic damage. The lines of research running under the auspices of
the SENS Research Foundation include a range of really interesting
molecular biology, and are entirely funded by philanthropic donations at
this point, from the grassroots community (25% perhaps) and from figures
such as Jason Hope, Peter Thiel, and Aubrey de Grey (75% perhaps). The
SENS Research Foundation is an excellent model to look over when it
comes to fundraising for specific research goals in human life sciences
that are not viewed favorably by the establishment - especially since so
much of the history of the organization and its funding is open. It
demonstrates very well the need to raise comparatively small amounts
from lots of people in order to open the door to raise large amounts
from high net work individuals.

But you really should look at the Foundation's research reports. There
is a lot of interesting stuff in there.

In any case, a collection of us are running a matching fund for
charitable donations made to SENS research until the end of the year.
This is an ad-hoc initiative that just sort of happened to fall together
over the last week or so as various people said "sure, that's a good plan."

So the details: Fight Aging!, philanthropist Jason Hope (who helped fund
the SENS Cambridge lab and ongoing AGE-breaker work with glucosepane),
and Methuselah Foundation are each putting up $15,000 to match the next
$15,000 donated to the SENS Research Foundation before 12/31/2013.

Donations are tax deductible and will be matched 3:1 - every $1 donated
pulls an additional $3 from the matching funds. With the help of the
community we hope to raise $60,000 over the next few weeks to help
expand SENS research programs in the coming year.

See:

https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2013/11/fight-aging-provides-15000-matching-fund-for-rejuvenation-research-donations.php

https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2013/12/jason-hope-partners-with-fight-aging-to-match-sens-rejuvenation-research-donations-in-december.php

https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2013/12/methuselah-foundation-expands-the-year-end-sens-rejuvenation-research-donation-match.php

If you are so inclined, you can do your part by donating at the SENS
Research Foundation site:

http://sens.org/donate

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