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When Curiosity Leads to Transformative discovery science Discoveries [Alliance blog post]

On a clear February day in San Francisco, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Science Philanthropy Alliance cohosted an event for funders interested in discovery science. Carol Christ, the university’s chancellor, welcomed attendees to the event, noting the importance of discovery science.One of the highlights of the event was a panel that the event…
June 25, 20190Comments

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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $68 Million to Support the Growth of the Human Cell Atlas [via CZI website]

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced $68 million in funding to support the Human Cell Atlas and its selection of 38 collaborative science teams to launch CZI’s Seed Networks for Human Cell Atlas projects. These collaborative groups bring together scientists, computational biologists, software engineers, and physicians to support the continued development of the Human Cell…
June 21, 20190Comments

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Models for discovery science Philanthropy [Alliance blog post]

There are as many ways to do science philanthropy as there are science philanthropists. At a recent Science Philanthropy Alliance event, cohosted with UC Berkeley and the Heising-Simons Foundation, a panel of representatives from foundations shared their perspectives and practices.Mark Heising, cofounder of the Heising-Simons Foundation, moderated a panel with Heising-Simons director of science Cyndi…
June 19, 20190Comments

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Addressing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: the Heising-Simons Foundation Retools a Fellowship Program [Alliance blog post]

Diversity, equity, and inclusion has been a topic of growing interest among members of the Science Philanthropy Alliance. At our recent members’ meeting, Joyce Yen, director of the University of Washington's ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change, presented members with research on the consequences of bias and some effective practices to address it. Cyndi Atherton, director of science…
June 17, 20190Comments

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When Scientists Become Philanthropists: Jim Simons and Frances Hellman [Alliance blog post]

Scientists who become philanthropists are especially attuned to the needs of discovery science. At a recent UC Berkeley-Science Philanthropy Alliance event for philanthropists, a conversation with Frances Hellman, physicist and dean of mathematical and physical sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, and president of the Hellman Fellows Fund, and Jim Simons, mathematician, investor, and…
June 13, 20190Comments

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The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research Gives Penn $12 Million Grant to Study Connection between Radiation and Immunotherapies [via Penn Medicine News]

The grant from The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research will establish The Mark Foundation Center for Immunotherapy, Immune Signaling, and Radiation at the University of Pennsylvania, which will seek to better understand the interconnected relationship between novel forms of radiation therapy, important signaling pathways between cancer and immune cells, and the immune system’s ability to…
June 3, 20190Comments

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Gift from Eric and Wendy Schmidt to Create a New Home for Computer Science at Princeton University [via Princeton University]

Thanks to a gift from Eric and Wendy Schmidt, Guyot Hall will be substantially rebuilt and expanded to create a new home for Princeton’s Department of Computer Science.Earlier this year, the University announced the Schmidts' gift establishing the Schmidt DataX Fund, which will advance the breadth and depth of data science impact on campus, accelerate…
May 29, 20190Comments

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Pritzker Foundation Makes a $100M Commitment to Launch Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at University of Chicago [via University of Chicago]

The University of Chicago today announced a $100 million commitment from the Pritzker Foundation to support the new Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, becoming the first university in the United States with a school dedicated to this emerging field.Read more here.
May 28, 20190Comments

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Simons Foundation, Carson Family Charitable Trust Give $125M to New York Genome Center [via GenomeWeb]

The $125 million joint gift from the Simons Foundation and the Carson Family Charitable Trust, which will be awarded over the next five years, will support the building and maintenance of the New York Genome Center's genomics infrastructure, allowing it to establish collaborative research programs in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases and in cancer with its…
May 24, 20190Comments

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