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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Science Philanthropy News

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 […]

France Córdova on Envisioning Science for an Unknown Future

August 13, 2021

As a part of Issues in Science and Technology’s series exploring the next 75 years of science policy, Alliance president […]

How Science Philanthropy Can Build Equity

August 13, 2021

For the Fall 2021 issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Alliance board member Elizabeth Good Christopherson joined other leaders […]

Why Philanthropy Is America’s Unique Research Advantage

August 11, 2021

For Issues in Science and Technology, Robert Conn, the Alliance’s founding board chair and former Kavli Foundation president and CEO, […]