Introducing the Alliance’s new strategic plan
I’m pleased to share the Alliance’s new strategic plan, which marks the culmination of a year of dedicated effort by […]
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Rita Allen Foundation announces 2022 cohort of scholars
The Rita Allen Foundation has named its 2022 class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholars. Five early-career leaders in the biomedical sciences […]
Schmidt Futures announces 2022 science fellows
Eric and Wendy Schmidt announced the 2022 cohort of Schmidt Science Fellows. The 29 new Fellows are a group of […]
Brown Science Foundation Announces Four 2022 Recipients in Chemistry and Physics
The Brown Science Foundation today announced four recipients of the annual Brown Investigator Award. The award, which recognizes curiosity-driven basic […]
Welcoming Our Newest Member
The Science Philanthropy Alliance is honored to welcome the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as its newest member. Since its […]
Science Philanthropy Alliance Adds Fleming Crim as Senior Science Advisor
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
As a part of Issues in Science and Technology’s series exploring the next 75 years of science policy, Alliance president […]
Welcoming the Dana Foundation to the Science Philanthropy Alliance
The Science Philanthropy Alliance is honored to welcome its newest member, the Dana Foundation. The private philanthropy is dedicated to […]
France A. Córdova Named President of the Science Philanthropy Alliance
The Science Philanthropy Alliance’s board today announced the selection of Dr. France A. Córdova as Alliance president. Dr. Córdova, who […]
Introducing the COVID-19 Basic Science Prequels
Decades before the COVID-19 pandemic, basic science researchers were laying the groundwork for lifesaving breakthroughs now central to the world’s pandemic […]
Brown Science Foundation Announces Inaugural Recipients of the Brown Investigator Award
The Brown Science Foundation today announced physicists David Hsieh of Caltech and William Irvine of the University of Chicago as […]
Special Edition October Newsletter [Alliance News]
The Science Philanthropy Alliance published a special edition newsletter in October highlighting the Nobel Prize and MacArthur Fellowship recipients. Read […]
The World Doesn’t Yet Know Enough to Beat the Coronavirus [via The Atlantic]
The united states and many other nations are launching a life-threatening experiment. They are rapidly and perhaps prematurely easing restrictions on […]
Science Philanthropy Typically Requires Patience. Now Funders Have to Act Fast [via Inside Philanthropy]
“There has not been a large funding community around infectious diseases, except for the Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust, maybe […]
WHY BASIC SCIENCE? [Alliance News]
Dear members and friends of the Science Philanthropy Alliance, Science has never been more important than it is right now during the […]