The foundation aims to promote research groups in the fields of medical microbiology and biochemistry. Should either or both of these areas be abolished for any reason, the promotion of medical and chemical research at the University of Basel, insofar as it deals with problems that belong to the tasks of the aforementioned areas, shall become the purpose of the foundation in the first place. Should the situation of one or both areas improve at a later point in time through other legacies and donations, or through contributions from industry, so that either the board of trustees comes to the majority opinion that support through the foundation's funds is no longer necessary, or that the representatives of the two areas voluntarily waive it, the astronomical-meteorological and botanical institutions shall take the place of the two aforementioned areas. The latter would have to use the funds to expand the greenhouses of the botanical garden and to provide a more generous equipment for the botanical garden. Should these two organizational units also be abolished for any reason in later years, or no longer require support from the foundation, the foundation's income shall fall to the Voluntary Academic Society in Basel. The society would then have to use the funds in the sense of its first appeal from 1835, particularly in cases where it is a matter of distinguishing or maintaining outstanding and meritorious individuals who are active in the fields of medicine and natural sciences, whose effectiveness for our scientific institutions and for our hometown would be highly beneficial, by enabling the authorities to secure them salaries that are not provided for in the law, without further burdening the state. The foundation supports research in the sense that scientific work can be carried out free from all ecclesiastical and political influence. The foundation must not provide an occasion for state benefits to the institutions and persons concerned to be reduced in any way.
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