THANK YOU to all who participated in the 2024 ASAS Foundation Folly!

Getting through three competitive rounds, and with a half-court, buzzer-beater shot...
Oklahoma State has WON the championship title of the ASAS Foundation Folly!

Congratulations OSU for winning the AMAZING PRIZE:
~Bragging rights as the BEST SCHOOL to support graduate students and young animal scientists!
~OSU owns the “University/College Take Over Day” at the 2024 ASAS Annual Meeting!
~OSU’s color – ORANGE – is the official 2024 ASAS Annual meeting color in Calgary!
~An ASAS logo polo shirt for OSU’s animal science faculty and graduate students!

FINAL 8 STANDINGS:
Oklahoma State - $2,200
NC State - $1,540
University of Arkansas - $1,000
Purdue -$205
Ohio State - $25
Michigan State - $25
New Mexico State University -$20
Louisiana State University

On behalf of the ASAS Foundation, we hope you had fun with the Foundation Folly. You can take great pride knowing your generosity supported our “Students and Young Animal Scientists Opportunities Fund.” Together, we raised $7,782 to support this great cause.

To learn more about the ASAS Foundation and the Students and Young Animal Scientists Opportunities Fund, visit online here.

The ASAS Foundation Folly is a friendly competition between our colleges' and universities' animal science departments/ programs to raise funds to benefit the ASAS Foundation’s “Students and Young Animal Scientists Opportunities Fund.”

Our goal is to raise funds to enhance and expand our support for students and young animal scientists for travel scholarships, internships, early career awards, and much more!

COMPETITION GUIDELINES:

First, a school must ENTER the competition with a contribution of any amount to the Foundation Folly. A school may enter itself or be entered by a faculty, student, alumnus, friend or corporate partner.
There are only 3 Rounds - the game will move quickly! In each round, the schools with the most money raised for ASAS Foundation's "Students and Young Animal Scientists Opportunities Fund" advance to the next round (Top 16, then Top 8)
With each new round, each college and university begins with a $0 credit, so it is always any school's game to WIN!
Each round ends at 11:59 pm (CT) on its designated date.
There will be daily updates at 10:00 am and 4:00 pm (CT) on this campaign site.
- On the final day of each round, there will be ONE additional update at 8:00 pm (CT).

Foundation Folly Schedule:

Round One: February 21st-26th
Enter your school into the Folly with a contribution of any amount. The competition begins in Round One! All schools are equally competing in Round One, to advance to Round Two.

The TOP 16 schools with the most money raised for ASAS Foundation's "Students and Young Animal Scientists Opportunities Fund" in this round will advance to Round Two.

Round Two: February 27th-29th
The TOP 16 schools will compete to be in the TOP 8. The Top 8 schools with the most money raised in this round will advance to the Final Round.

FINAL ROUND: March 1st-March 6th
TOP 8 schools will compete, and the school with the most money raised in this round will prove they are the BEST SCHOOL for aspiring animal scientists...and win the 2024 Foundation Folly Champions title!

THURSDAY, MARCH 7th - WINNER ANNOUNCED!!!

*AMAZING PRIZE!!!
In addition to bragging rights, the college or university that wins the Championship Round will receive ASAS-logoed polos for each of their animal science faculty and graduate students, in their school color (up to 100 polos). The winning college or university will have a designated University/College Take Over Day at the 2024 Annual Meeting! But wait, there’s more! The winning school’s color will be the official meeting color of the Annual Meeting in Calgary!

**All donors will be recognized on this site. If you prefer to be an anonymous donor while supporting your school, when setting up your contribution, the section immediately following the option for a personal message, be sure to check the box, "Hide My Name or Amount from Public View," you can select to hide one or both.)

2024 Foundation Folly - A Fundraiser to Foster Innovators for the Future

By American Society of Animal Science Inc

2024 Foundation Folly - A Fundraiser to Foster Innovators for the Future