The Science Philanthropy Alliance published a special edition newsletter in October highlighting the Nobel Prize and MacArthur Fellowship recipients. Read […]
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Valerie Conn, president of the Science Philanthropy Alliance, observes three ways funders have shifted their funding strategy during the pandemic.
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Dr. Freeman Hrabrowski suggests four steps institutions and philanthropic funders can take to combat systemic inequality.
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Former Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) joins the Alliance’s team of Senior Science Advisors.
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Launch of resource hub provides philanthropists with critical information to make rapid research funding decisions to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
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To seek answers to fundamental questions about nature, our universe, and ourselves: this is the role of basic scientific research.
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.
Why Basic Science?
Science philanthropy is like a road trip. You pick a lane of scientific endeavor that you are passionate about—it could […]
Dr. Freeman Hrabowski’s career as a champion for diversity in mathematics, engineering, and science began in one of the least […]
The united states and many other nations are launching a life-threatening experiment. They are rapidly and perhaps prematurely easing restrictions on […]
“There has not been a large funding community around infectious diseases, except for the Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust, maybe […]
Dear members and friends of the Science Philanthropy Alliance, Science has never been more important than it is right now during the […]