Support the research
Support the brain research
As a company, organization or private actor you can help ensure high quality brain research at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Private support is valuable financial contribution to a research community and is also experienced as recognition and motivation.
The Research Fund of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience is certified as equivalent to a U.S. public charity. An ED certificate for TFSR is available from NGOsource.
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Many people choose to give memorial gifts to the Kavli Institute's Research Fund. These gifts are greatly appreciated, and we want to thank as soon as possible after the funeral. Relatives also often want to know who has given memorial gifts. We therefore hope that relatives or the funeral agency contact us before the funeral.
If you are considering making a bequest to the Kavli Institute's Research Fund, we recommend contacting us, to ensure that it is in accordance with the testator's will, and to ensure correct formalities when setting up the will.
The Kavli Institute's Vipps: 696680 (UNIFOR)
- On your mobile, open the Vipps app (or point the camera at the QR code above and press open in Vipps. Follow the instructions on the screen).
- Press the Send button
- Search for 696680
- Write the amount you want to give and follow the instructions for sending the gift. Kindly mark the payment with your contact details and if your gift is connected to a special occasion as this will enable ut to send a letter of gratitude
The foundation's bank account: 4202 17 13168
You can pay the desired amount to the foundation's bank account for financial support for the brain research at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience.
IBAN: NO1442021713168
SWIFT/BIC for Sparebank 1 SMN: SPTRNO22
Kindly mark the payment "Gift for brain research at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience".
If your gift is connected to a special occasion, for instance a wedding, a birthday celebration, a funeral or other, please mark the payment accordingly, as this will enable us to send a letter of gratitude.
SUPPORT THE BRAIN RESEARCH
Donate by Vipps
Hjerneforskningsfondet Vipps: 696680 (UNIFOR)
Donate by bank
The foundation’s bank account:
4202 17 13168
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Who has contributed to the research fund?
A good 40 per cent of the contribution to the Fund come from the Kavli Foundation in the USA and the remaining almost 60 per cent from other organizations and individuals (April 2023).
We receive monetary gifts from individuals, companies and organizations, as well as bequests. Not everyone wants to make the contribution public, which we of course respect. All gifts are greatly appreciated and are very important for the fund and the research at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience.
Bequest from Margaret and Per Fuchs
In the summer of 2022, the Research Fund of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience received a large bequest from Margaret and Per Fuchs, who bequeathed housing and other assets to support the research at the institute. Margaret died in 2019 and Per in April 2022.
With his professional background in flow engineering and fluid mechanics from NTH and later SINTEF, Per Fuchs was central to the design and realization of the large multiphase laboratory at Tiller near Trondheim, a facility that has meant a lot to the development of profitable Norwegian offshore oil and gas production. Per Fuchs moved to Equinor where he held various positions in Equinor's research environment, including as a specialist and chief scientist.
Anne-Lise og Erik Solberg Research Fellow
In 2019 Anne-Lise and Erik Solberg gave a large gift to the Research Fund which finances a permanent research position at the department, Anne-Lise and Erik Solberg scholarship holder.
Erik, who left us in 2022, was CEO at Ila og Lilleby Smelteverker and a civil engineer from NTH in 1958. This means that he must have had some overlapping study years with Fred Kavli, the founder of the Kavli Foundation and the very backbone of the Kavli institutes around the world. It is interesting that both Erik and Fred became industrial leaders who in their respective ways contributed to technological development. Perhaps no coincidence that it is such people who understand the importance of basic research?
To the top against Alzheimer's
- support research in search for a cure
We cheer on the fundraising campaign of Nils-Jarle Sætre! He has walked in memory of his mother, Jorunn Ingerd Sætre, who was affected by Alzheimer's disease. The summer of 2023 we cheered Nils-Jarle through Lofoten and up to Sørøya in Finnmark, and in 2021 from Stadt to Galdhøpiggen.
He has a strong desire to create transparency about the disease and help those who are and will be affected. During his trips, he has met many people, struck up a conversation, shared thoughts and stories as well as given several strong and moving lectures. What a fantastic commitment!
He also have a concrete goal of collecting one million norwegian kroner for the basic research at the Kavli Institute.
Follow Nils-Jarle's project on Facebook: or take a look at tiltoppsmotalzheimer.no
Annual gift from Stjørdal Arbeiderkvinnelag
Stjørdal Arbeiderkvinnelag has gifted TFSR 10,000 NOK every year since 2015. Jorun Tyholt, Chairman of the Board of Stjørdal Arbeiderkvinnelag, says that they first became aware of the brain research at the Kavli Institute after the Nobel Prize in 2014. She says that the association mostly consists of elderly ladies who understand the importance of brain research and research on Alzheimer's and dementia. A few years ago, they were invited to the Kavli Institute, where they had a nice evening with a conducted tour and a lecture on brain research, something they really appreciated.
Contribution to new center
100 million in gift to the Mosers
The English woman Pauline Braathen donates NOK 50 million to a new center at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at NTNU. In addition, the Kavli Foundation provides NOK 50 million.
Gemini: Mosers, Kavli Institute given multimillion grant to establish a new centre of excellence
Watch the video where Pauline Braathen explains why she gives money to the center (3:03)
Ensliges Landforbund donated their fortune to Alzheimer’s research
Ensliges landsforbund, an organization supporting seniors living alone, has donated their entire fortune to research on Alzheimer's disease at the Kavli Institute.
- With an increasing elderly population, Alzheimer's is also a growing problem, says the Chairman of the Board of Ensliges Landsforbund, Marie Synnes.
The money that was donated are placed in the research fund of the Kavli Institute (TFSR) and will contribute to financial support for research in the years to come.
- Such permanent gifts make it possible to invest long-term, says May-Britt Moser. According to Marie Synnes and Ensliges Landsforbund, there no cause more deserving of support than Alzheimer's research.
