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The COVID-19 Basic Science Prequels

Learn how basic scientific research laid the groundwork for the world’s COVID-19 pandemic response in our new series.

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A Conversation with “America’s Doctor”

Dr. Anthony Fauci shares why basic science is essential to pandemic preparedness and how philanthropy can help.

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France A. Córdova named president of the Science Philanthropy Alliance

The Alliance’s board has selected former National Science Foundation director France A. Córdova as the organization’s next president.

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The Journey of a Science Philanthropist

Sue Merrilees, senior advisor at the Alliance, chronicles the formation of the Brown Investigator Award from idea to execution.

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Our Alliance

The Science Philanthropy Alliance is a community of funders who work together to inspire new, emerging and current philanthropists to dedicate a portion of their philanthropy to basic science. Alliance members act both as champions and advisors to other philanthropists to ensure more private funding is earmarked for the kinds of research initiatives that have led to the scientific, technological and medical breakthroughs that fuel our technology and information-driven economy of the 21st century.

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Science Philanthropy News

The Arcane Research That Prepared Us for COVID-19

May 26, 2021

When virologist Susan Weiss, PhD, began studying the mouse hepatitis virus (MHV), colleagues wondered why she wanted to investigate something […]

France A. Córdova Named President of the Science Philanthropy Alliance

May 3, 2021

The Science Philanthropy Alliance’s board today announced the selection of Dr. France A. Córdova as Alliance president. Dr. Córdova, who […]

Scabs and Failure: Springboards for a History-Making Vaccine

April 28, 2021

From smallpox scabs in the sixteenth century to failed attempts at an HIV vaccine in the twentieth, the latest COVID-19 Basic […]

Introducing the COVID-19 Basic Science Prequels

March 29, 2021

Decades before the COVID-19 pandemic, basic science researchers were laying the groundwork for lifesaving breakthroughs now central to the world’s pandemic […]

Journey of a Philanthropist, Part III

March 15, 2021

Sue Merrilees is a senior advisor at the Science Philanthropy Alliance. This is the third post in a series documenting Ross […]

Leadership Transition at the Science Philanthropy Alliance

March 12, 2021

A note from Alliance board chair Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D. Valerie Conn is stepping down from her position as president […]