Fundraising for Basic Scientific Research: In the Trenches with Development and Academic Leaders [Alliance Blog]
Sue Merrilees is an advisor at the Science Philanthropy Alliance Raising money for basic science from private sources can sometimes […]
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Behind the Scenes of the Duchossois Family’s $100 Million Gift to the University of Chicago Medicine [Alliance blog]
Valerie Conn is executive director of the Science Philanthropy Alliance A $100 million gift is what’s known in development circles […]
How Foundations can have an Outsize Impact on Scientific Research [Alliance blog]
Marc Kastner is the president of the Science Philanthropy Alliance. This article first appeared on the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation […]
How Philanthropy Jump-Started TESS, NASA’s New Exoplanet Research Mission [Alliance blog]
Marc Kastner is president of the Science Philanthropy Alliance. He was the dean of science at the Massachusetts Institute of […]
Talking in Texas about Science Philanthropy: How to Give [Alliance blog]
Sue Merrilees is an advisor with the Science Philanthropy Alliance. This is the second of a two-part blog in which […]
Talking in Texas about Science Philanthropy: Why Philanthropists Care about Basic Science [Alliance blog]
Sue Merrilees is an advisor with the Science Philanthropy Alliance. This is the first of a two-part blog in which […]
UK Philanthropists’ Views on Supporting Science Research [Alliance blog]
Valerie Conn is executive director of the Science Philanthropy Alliance London was cold and blustery on March 7, but on […]
End of year message from Marc Kastner, president of Science Philanthropy Alliance
Dear Science Philanthropy Alliance community, I started the year with concern about the state of funding for basic science research. […]
Educating Journalists about Science Philanthropy
To help journalists better understand the growing field of science philanthropy, the Science Philanthropy Alliance organized a panel discussion at […]
Columbia University’s Data Science Institute: A Conversation with a Funder and Grantee [Marc Kastner blog]
By Marc Kastner, president of the Science Philanthropy Alliance Fundraising for a growing center at an institution can be very […]
Science Research Centers and Institutes – How Do They Get Funded? [Valerie Conn blog]
Valerie Conn is the executive director of the Science Philanthropy Alliance A particular challenge that research institutions face is that […]
Science Philanthropists’ Approaches to Making a Difference [Marc Kastner blog]
By Marc Kastner, president, Science Philanthropy Alliance Researchers often want to know: will my research be of interest to philanthropists? […]
What Science Philanthropists Want: 10 Observations [Valerie Conn blog]
Valerie Conn is executive director of the Science Philanthropy Alliance A question I often get from research institutions seeking funding […]
On Giving to Science: Perspectives from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Leon Levy Foundation, and the Simons Foundation [Valerie Conn blog]
Valerie Conn is executive director of the Science Philanthropy Alliance Twice a year, the members of the Science Philanthropy Alliance […]
Why Government Must Fund Basic Research [Marc Kastner op-ed in San Jose Mercury News]
Marc Kastner, president of the Science Philanthropy Alliance, shares his thoughts on the roles that government, philanthropy, and corporations play […]