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- - Help Virginia Tech lead a revolution in sound
    A recently launched crowdfunding campaign is gathering support for Cube Fest, a spatial music festival that celebrates the work of international artists, musicians, and researchers to advance the future of spatial music, immersive aural experiences, and 3D audio technology.
- - Crowdfunding project aimed at creating autism-friendly environments
    The crowdfunding campaign for SAFE: Supporting Autism Friendly Environments will conclude just before midnight on April 26.
- - Student Engineers’ Abroad Council launches crowdfunding project to fund student professional development and international experiences
    The Student Engineers’ Abroad Council is a student organization dedicated to promoting global opportunities for Virginia Tech engineering students.
- - Jump campaign to help faculty create freely available learning materials and lower textbook costs for students
    Gifts to the campaign will provide year-round support for creation of open educational resources for students.
- - Humanitarian missions look to Virginia Tech crowdfunding to assist in overseas aid
    The humanitarian service design program brings mechanical engineering design students to communities in developing countries.
- - Engineers Without Borders crowdfunding campaign serves underdeveloped communities
    Engineers Without Borders is working to raise $5,000 through JUMP, Virginia Tech’s official crowdfunding platform, to help support projects to improve the quality of life in Guatemala, Uganda, and Nicaragua. The campaign runs until Nov. 17.
- - Crowdfunding campaign to support master naturalists’ grassroots leadership and mission
    Additional training for the Virginia Master Naturalist Program’s volunteer leaders will improve program delivery and increase volunteer recruitment across the commonwealth.
- - Crowdfunding campaign to support undergraduate research aimed at reducing bird-window collisions
    The Conservation Management Institute project will continue the quest to save birds from window strikes while increasing opportunities for students to participate in field research.
- - Help a Virginia Tech science superhero put an end to poison ivy
    John Jelesko, an associate professor of plant pathology, physiology, and weed science from the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is seeking new, environmentally sustainable ways to combat poison ivy. Join him in the fight.
- - Send a Hokie to Capitol Hill to ensure sound science informs public policy
    The center’s goal is to send at least two students to Washington, D.C., next summer, which is why it recently launched a 30-day fundraising campaign that will be matched dollar per dollar by the center.
- - Virginia 4-H crowdfunds to support members and volunteers attending state conference
    Every summer, hundreds of teens from across Virginia gather for a week of fellowship, fun, and hands-on learning at Virginia Tech. In early October, Virginia 4-H began the “Virginia 4-H Grows True Leaders” effort to gather donations on Virginia Tech’s JUMP crowdfunding platform. Their goal is to raise $10,000 to support the attendance of members and volunteer leaders at State 4-H Congress.
- - Virginia Tech crowdfunding campaign encourages female students to choose engineering
    The Women’s Preview Weekend works to attract women to Virginia Tech's College of Engineering, but also provides mentoring for young women interested in pursuing an education and career in engineering, before they begin their freshman year. There is no cost to the women who participate, but that is why the program needs support.
- - Virginia Tech community launches crowdfunding campaign to prep high schoolers for STEM careers
    Since launching in 2007, demand for Kids' Tech University has skyrocketed, and the program has expanded to serve thousands of kids throughout the commonwealth.
- - Virginia Tech launches crowdfunding campaign to fight breast cancer’s overwhelming impact in Appalachia
    Volunteers for the breast cancer fundraising campaign include students and faculty from the Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech College of Science, Virginia Tech-Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute, and the Center for Gerontology.
- - Pamplin students crowdfund to promote leadership knowledge and skills development
    The 20 students in the Pamplin Leadership Development Team seek to raise more than $3,000 by Oct. 31 through their crowdfunding campaign. The student organization coordinates the annual Student Leadership Conference on campus.
- - Students crowdfund to build the world’s best solar home: FutureHAUS Dubai
    Virginia Tech’s interdisciplinary Solar Decathlon Middle East team – the only U.S. team in a 2018 global challenge – launches a crowdfunding effort today to build sustainable housing.

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