A pair of anonymous donors has given $25 million in estate gifts to UVA Health to support the University of Virginia’s Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology.
The gifts further fortify the institute’s funding, which began with a $100 million gift from the Mannings, $150 million from UVA and $100 million from the state. The institute, under construction at the Fontaine Research Park, is planned to be a four-story, 350,000-square-foot biomedical research facility with a mission of generating new treatments and cures for a range of medical conditions.
“I am so thankful for these two generous gifts, which build on the incredible support we have received from Paul and Diane Manning, state leaders and the University to launch the institute,” Mark T. Esser, chief scientific officer and head of the Manning Institute, said. “UVA Health’s mission is to transform health and inspire hope, and these donations will enable us to be at the forefront of that transformative work for the health system.”
