Donations to Biobank Ireland
All contributions will be used for promoting and developing biobank units in Irish hospitals. You may wish to contribute to purchasing a biobank – or part of a biobank – for an Irish hospital, or laboratory equipment or IT equipment. Donations might support temporary part time or fulltime one year salary contracts (at the end of which application would be made to have the positions funded by the HSE).
Although creation of a biobank infrastructure is included in Ireland’s National Cancer Strategy (2006), there is likely to be a delay of 2-3 years before this is approved for funding. Meanwhile with your help and/or donations, we plan to demonstrate proof of principle by linking a few hospitals, to show that a biobank network will work, as in Spain. Even when the network is set up, there will undoubtedly be funding gaps, and voluntary, private sector, and philanthropic donations will be very welcome.
Become a Volunteer
We need volunteers in the larger hospitals to promote Biobank Ireland’s objectives and to help bring about changes in hospital procedures needed for establishing each hospital’s biobank and inventory database and the online database to facilitate shared research projects, etc.
You may wish to help with the website, and / or help us explain why we urgently need a better infrastructure for translational research in Ireland.
Volunteers can also help run fundraising events and identify potential patrons. Patrons help by generous donations, by networking with additional potential patrons, and by their association with fundraising events. The participation of celebrities raises the profile of well-attended events.