Gifts to CSCS

We suffered an incredible loss in 2021 with the passing of our fearless leader and human being extraordinaire - Charlie Doering. While we all knew we were operating in the midst of a truly special man, we have learned how deeply profound an impact Charlie had on everyone he came in contact with. 

To honor Charlie we created the Charlie Doering Strategic Fund. Our goal is to create an endowed fund this year by raising the required amount of $25,000. In the short term, we will use endowment earnings to support professional development for postdoctoral fellows. Charlie viewed postdocs as an integral part of the Center. In the long term, our goal is to raise the necessary funds to support a permanent Charlie Doering Postdoctoral Fellowship.  Click to donate.

This fund was set up after the passing of Rick Riolo; Complex Systems pioneer, founding member, researcher, and mentor beloved by many students. Rick loved teaching and had a great gift for getting students excited about complex systems. We felt the best way to honor him would be to set up an endowment that would fund an annual undergraduate research prize. Due to his popularity, the requisite $25,000 needed to start an endowment, was raised in the fall of 2018.  With additional fund earnings, we will expand the prize to additional prize recipients. Gifts to this fund will support an annual agent-based modeling (ABM) prize awarded to undergraduates and provide research support for graduate students involved in complex systems. Click to donate.

This fund supports the full range of Center activities. Gifts to this account are not limited to specific prizes or postdoctoral support. Gifts to this fund will advance the science of complex systems by supporting interdisciplinary studies and agent-based modeling on dynamic systems, as well as our undergraduate minor, graduate certificate, seminar series, and special events. Click to donate.