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PASSION. PARTNERSHIP. PHILANTHROPY. As an independent, nonprofit, mission-based marine science research institution, Mote Marine Laboratory has been working since 1955 to explore, understand and unlock the mysteries of the sea to ensure that our planet and its ocean resources are available for generations to come. What began with one scientist has now become one of the largest leading independent marine research laboratories in the world. Mote Marine Laboratory’s vision is to continue growing the impact of our research and education programs in the coming years in line with our guiding 2020 Vision & Strategic Plan, and to remain a vital part of the community for decades to come. Above all else, Mote Marine Laboratory is a marine science research institute having expanded into 24 diverse research programs focused on advancing the frontiers of science, addressing the grand challenges facing our oceans today and identifying and addressing those that arise in the future.
Yet even as we remain steadfast and true to our mission, we face a defining moment in our history. Inadequate endowed resources leave the future independence of Mote Marine Laboratory dangerously dependent upon diminishing governmental funding and vulnerable to economic fluctuations of annual revenue sources. Mote has no state-funded tenured faculty positions nor guaranteed government lines for funding. For the future, a robust Mote endowment is required to provide financial stability through times of economic uncertainty. In answer to these challenges, the Mote Marine Laboratory Board of Trustees has unanimously endorsed and supported the organization’s firstever, multi-year, comprehensive fundraising effort — Oceans of Opportunity: the Campaign for Mote Marine Laboratory. This ambitious, $50-million campaign undertaken in the year of our 60th anniversary is designed to fulfill a carefully formulated plan to ensure Mote’s future for generations to come.
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