As state and federal support for higher education is rapidly shrinking, UAB relies on the generosity of its many friends and benefactors to fund high-quality education and support distinguished research programs like those carried out in the Microbiology Department.
The research results of faculty and students in the Microbiology Department often serve as a driving force for many significant scientific advances. This outstanding work attracts national and international attention. UAB and the Microbiology Department continue to place among the top in national surveys.
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham is ranked America’s No.1 Best Large Employer and America’s No. 4 Best Employer for Diversity by Forbes, 2021. The University of Alabama at Birmingham is among 11 universities nationally (and the only Alabama university) to earn the prestigious Beckman Scholars Award, which provides scholarship funds to universities demonstrating exceptional mentoring and training of undergraduate researchers. The first Beckman Scholarship Award was presented in 2012 to UAB Microbiology Department student Timothy Fernandez, a senior undergraduate student working in the lab of Jamil Saad, Ph.D. Research funding to the University of Alabama at Birmingham from the National Institutes of Health exceeded $325 million in 2020. |
Your private gift allows the UAB Microbiology Department to provide students with a margin of excellence that cannot be accomplished with state and federal funding alone. Please join us in investing in the future of the UAB Microbiology Department and give online today or call Erica Hollins, Sr. Director of Development at (205) 996-9839.