University Research
Supporting students, faculty, and graduate-level research connected to education, discovery, and public benefit.
Newly Formed Nonprofit Research Foundation
Inspiring the inherent. Advancing research. Improving our world.
Stickler Research Foundation is a newly formed nonprofit supporting academic research, applied science, and public-benefit innovation.
Through targeted support, we help capable individuals and teams advance ideas that create lasting impact.
Focused on ethical, apolitical, nonprofit research for the betterment of society.
What the Foundation Supports
Research with purpose and public benefit.
Stickler Research Foundation supports academic research, applied science, and public-benefit innovation with the potential to create meaningful, real-world benefit.
Applied Science & Engineering
Partnering in life sciences and engineering research focused on practical problem solving for accelerated public benefit.
Public-Benefit Innovation
Supporting promising ideas, research-backed tools, and initiatives intended to improve lives and inform decisions.
Our Mission
Inspiring the Inherent
Stickler Research Foundation was created around a simple belief: individuals, teams, and institutions are capable of more than they may realize. With thoughtful, targeted support, promising research and ideas can move closer to meaningful real-world impact.
“Inspiring the inherent” means recognizing the talent, motivation, and potential that already exist within people and ideas, then helping direct that potential toward research, education, innovation, and public benefit.
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Establish a targeted need
Research begins with a clear problem worth understanding.
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Identify a unique approach
The foundation supports ideas with a thoughtful path forward.
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Support inherent capability
Funding helps unlock the potential already present in people, teams, and ideas.
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Provide benefit to society
The goal is work that extends beyond the lab, classroom, or institution.
“The human mind is fascinating and intricate. It possesses an incredible ability to transcend boundaries, leading us to places we never thought possible.”
Tshediso Joseph Sekhampu
Founder
Founded by Patrick B. Stickler, PhD, PE
Patrick Stickler founded the organization after a career shaped by engineering, research, teaching, mentorship, and applied problem solving.
Stickler Research Foundation grows from that experience and from a desire to give back by supporting nonprofit research, education, and public-benefit innovation.
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Support research with purpose and public benefit.
Donations help Stickler Research Foundation support academic research, applied science, and public-benefit work with the potential to create meaningful real-world impact.