Project SCIFI (the Scientific Coat Initiative for Future Innovators) is a nonprofit run by volunteer students that donates lab coats, goggles, and other hands-on science supplies to under-resourced K-12 schools in Northern California. Members fundraise, coordinate corporate and academic sponsorships, deliver resources to partner schools, and build mentor-mentee relationships with young scientists. The Berkeley Chapter also runs Experimental Innovation, which brings lab-based lessons directly into underserved classrooms.
$2,000+
Resources distributed in 2018 Pilot Run, including lab coats, goggles, and textbooks
6
Science classrooms supplied in 2018 Pilot Run, across 3 schools
2,100+
Students impacted (estimated, 2018 Pilot Run), over 5 years
960
Lab coats donated in 2019 (12-for-12 Initiative)
48
Textbooks donated in 2019 (12-for-12 Initiative)
400
Protective medical gowns donated (since 2020)