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Endowed Chairs
Achieving sustainable rural development and protection of the environment require long-term commitments. Through endowed chairs in priority areas, CATIE seeks to secure continued excellence in graduate education and training in these areas and to foster crucial research and development initiatives.
The priority areas for endowed chairs include:
| women and rural development | biodiversity |
| watershed management | climate change |
| rural ecoenterprise development | forestry |
| livestock and environment | rural livelihoods |
You can help
- $1.5 million, with matching funds from CATIE, establishes an endowed chair. The interest generated covers the salary of a professor and an assistant and provides scholarships for two students. The donor is invited to name the chair and will receive yearly reports on the advances made possible through the work of those funded by the endowment.
"Working at CATIE has been one of my most valuable experiences. I believe that for all of us, it is a point of pride that CATIE has given us the opportunity to develop both professionally and as human beings in such a quality environment. I love this institution, just as I love its gardens, its landscapes, the mountains that surround it and the perfume of its beautiful flowers. I thank God for having given me such an important opportunity."
Nelly Vásquez Morera of Costa Rica, a research professor in the Biotechnology Laboratory who has worked at CATIE for 15 years, holds a master's degree in agricultural science and natural resources from the University of Costa Rica, and is finishing her doctoral dissertation.