Support The School

Generous support from corporations and foundations is fundamental to the Mailman School’s strength as an academic, research, and service institution. These grants enable the School to launch new initiatives, build its infrastructure, create innovative new curriculum, attract public health leaders to join the faculty, professionally develop promising junior faculty members, award scholarships to deserving students, enable ground-breaking research, and support the direct healthcare that the School’s clinics provide to underserved populations.

The Mailman School collaborates with foundations and corporations to determine key interest areas in order to offer relevant funding opportunities. Once an opportunity is successfully identified, the School keeps funders abreast of the ways in which their support is making an impact.

Among the many initiatives that corporations and foundations have chosen to support at the School are a safe motherhood program and fellowships in sexuality, gender, health, and human rights, as well a range of critical work being done at the School’s centers. Not only do these projects and others strengthen the Mailman School, they improve the health of entire communities in New York City and around the world.

To learn more about building a partnership with the Mailman School, please contact:

Molly Lopez
Director of Institutional Partnerships
212-305-7716
ml3122@columbia.edu

Corporate Spotlight: Becton, Dickinson and Company

In 2007, Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), a global medical technology company, visited the Mailman School to discuss funding a scholarship for international students. A socially responsible company that has long been involved with global health, BD makes grants that further its stated purpose of, “Helping all people live healthy lives.”

Following the discussion with the School, BD pledged $100,000 to support the School’s Global Health Scholars Program. This grant covers the cost of one year of study at the School for two international students. These future public health professionals will gain access to the unique educational and clinical opportunities available to all students at the Mailman School.