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 […]
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Promoting Diversity in Science [Alliance blog]
Dr. Freeman Hrabowski’s career as a champion for diversity in mathematics, engineering, and science began in one of the least […]
Grant Maker Responses for Nonprofits in Need Vary Widely [via The Chronicle of Philanthropy]
Foundations are taking a wide variety of approaches to helping nonprofits cope with the economic fallout of the coronavirus, ranging […]
Anticipating the Future of Science: A Look Back and a Look Ahead [via UCSD Research Affairs]
The University of California San Diego recently hosted a day-long symposium celebrating the philanthropic funding of early-career faculty in their […]
Freedom, Creativity, and Innovation: The Packard Fellowship Case Study
Learn how David Packard, co-founder of the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, launched the Packard Fellowship program. Download the Packard Fellowship case […]
A Calling for Moonshot Philanthropy [via The Moonshot Catalog]
Let’s start with some billionaire math. Some 2000 ultra-wealthy households in the United States each hold more than $500 million […]
Journey of a Philanthropist, Part II
Sue Merrilees is a senior advisor at the Science Philanthropy Alliance. This is the second post in an ongoing blog […]
Journey of a Philanthropist, Part I
Sue Merrilees is a senior advisor at the Science Philanthropy Alliance. This is the first post in an ongoing blog […]
Models for Basic 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 […]
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 […]
When Scientists Become Philanthropists: Jim Simons and Frances Hellman [Alliance blog post]
Scientists who become philanthropists are especially attuned to the needs of basic science. At a recent UC Berkeley-Science Philanthropy Alliance […]
Lyda Hill Philanthropies: Where Science is the Answer [Alliance blog post]
In 2010, Texas entrepreneur Lyda Hill signed the newly created Giving Pledge, announcing her plan to donate the entirety of […]
How a Major Research Funder Decided to Wrap Up its Longest-Running Science Initiative [via Inside Philanthropy]
Tate Williams writes about the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s 15 year-old Marine Microbiology Initiative, which will wind down and […]
Schmidt DataX Fund Jumpstarts Demonstration Data Science Project at Princeton [via Princeton University]
Princeton University researchers will push the limits of data science by leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning across the research […]
Accelerating Progress in Autism Research: The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI)
Learn how Jim and Marilyn Simons, co-founders of the Simons Foundation, made a significant impact on autism research through their […]