Your generosity and support are the reason our mission can continue. When you contribute to a campaign listed below, you help us ensure that our vital work goes on. Our secure online system makes donating quick and easy, and we gratefully accept contributions of all sizes and types—from one-time gifts and monthly donations to contributions through a matching gifts program.
You can support SSR in a variety of ways, allowing you to direct your donation to the programs that matter most to you and fit your budget.
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General Support
General Endowment Fund – Donations used to support all of the society’s activities.
Trainee Support
Bruce D. Murphy Fund for Trainees – The Bruce Murphy Fund supports trainee activities at the SSR Annual Meeting. In 2022, $5,000 from this fund was used to support the Trainee/New Investigator Grant Workshop and the SSR Career Center.
SSR Trainee Support Fund – The Trainee Support Fund contributed $26,000, which supported 25 trainees to participate in the Annual Meeting. Five of those trainees were from outside of the U.S.
New Investigator Support
Janice Bahr Junior Scientist Travel Fund – The Travel Award is a self-nominated award that recognizes a Regular Member of the Society, an active Assistant Professor or a position of similar rank on the tenure-track, and provides them with travel assistance to attend the Annual Meeting.
Virendra B. Mahesh New Investigator Award – This fund recognizes members for their outstanding research completed and published within 10 years after receiving their PhD or other equivalent professional degree. David Pépin, Associate Professor at Harvard University, was the recipient of this award. He was cited for his many achievements in research and his willingness to collaborate with and help colleagues and trainees.
International Support
Fuller Bazer International Scientist Fund – This fund recognizes scientific excellence in reproductive biology of scientists outside of North America. The winner of this award was Moira O’Bryan, Professor at the University of Melbourne.
Female Gametogenesis or Follicular Development Research
John J. Eppig Fund – This fund covers travel to the SSR Annual Meeting for speakers in a designated module or session on female gametogenesis or follicular development. This year the fund supported the John Eppig Oocyte Biology Symposium.
Neuroendocrine Research
Virendra B. Mahesh Neuroendocrine Fund – This fund supports a symposium, plenary session, or similar event at the Annual Meeting with a focus on neuroendocrinology. This year the fund supported the Virendra B. Mahesh Cell Biology of the Neuroendocrine System Symposium.
Ovarian Research
William Hansel Ovarian Research Fund – This fund supports an Annual Meeting Symposium with a focus on ovarian function as it relates to the broader field of reproductive biology. This year it funded the Hansel Ovarian Biology Symposium – Hormone Action in the Ovary.
Biology of Reproduction Support
Virendra B. Mahesh Legacy Fund – This fund supports maintenance and enhancement of the Biology of Research (BOR journal).
Annual Meeting Support
Anita Payne Endowment Fund – This fund supports the Anita Payne New Perspectives on Reproductive Biology Lecture at the SSR Annual Meeting and SSR trainee participation in leading- edge courses or workshops. The 2022 Anita Payne Scholarship winner was Farners Amargant Riera, a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University. Her research focuses on understanding the age-associated changes in the ovary using mouse models.
Ryuzo Yanagimachi – Supports an Annual Meeting session on reproductive technologies.