Science Philanthropy Alliance

Envisioning Science for an Unknown Future

Alliance president France Córdova explores how philanthropy can “nurture and sustain a scientific infrastructure that is both resilient and flexible.”

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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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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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Why Basic Science?

Science Philanthropy News

How Speeding up Science Aided the Fight Against COVID-19

November 22, 2021

In our year-long series on the influence of basic science on the world’s pandemic response, author Susan Reslewic Keatley explores […]

DEI in STEM: Is Philanthropy Rising to the Challenge?

November 11, 2021

Lorelle Espinosa, program director at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and co-chair of the Alliance’s DEI shared interest group, recently […]

A Vision for the Future of Science Philanthropy

November 10, 2021

For Issues in Science and Technology, the Sloan Foundation’s Evan Michelson and Adam Falk argue that, for philanthropy to shape […]

Welcoming Our Newest Member

October 13, 2021

The Science Philanthropy Alliance is honored to welcome the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as its newest member. Since its […]

Reading Genomes: The Key to Life and to Thwarting Death

September 30, 2021

Like humans, viruses have genomes: biological instructions that mold their structure, function, and reproduction. The ability to sequence a genome—to […]

Science Philanthropy Alliance Adds Fleming Crim as Senior Science Advisor

August 16, 2021

The Science Philanthropy Alliance announced today the addition of Fleming Crim, Ph.D., as a senior science advisor. Crim, who is […]