Priscilla Chan Discusses Science Philanthropy
At a recent Science Philanthropy Alliance member meeting, Harvey Fineberg, president of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, spoke with […]
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Leaders in Science Philanthropy Share their Visions [Alliance blog]
Valerie Conn is executive director of the Science Philanthropy Alliance The leaders of three major U.S. science foundations participated in […]
CZI Awards Over $51 Million to Fight Neurodegenerative Disorders, Including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s [via chanzuckerberg.com]
The CZI Neurodegeneration Challenge Network brings together experimental scientists from diverse research fields — neuroscience, cell biology, biochemistry, immunology, and genomics — […]
Deep Dive: Two of America’s Wealthiest Philanthropists Are Teaming Up to Protect the Oceans [via Inside Philanthropy]
Tate Williams writes about the Bloomberg-OceanX initiative, which will coordinate activities, to some extent, between Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Vibrant Oceans Initiative, and […]
What a Top Science Funder is Learning from Its Deep Dive into a Risky Area
Tate Williams writes about the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s support of quantum materials basic scientific research through its EPiQS […]
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 […]
Laser-Focused: A Foundation’s Effort to Boost Women in Physics [via Inside Philanthropy]
Physics and astronomy are two fields with some of the worst gender imbalances in science. They also happen to be two of […]
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 […]
Foundations Play a Supporting Role in Basic Science [via Physics Today]
Alliance president Marc Kastner and members The Kavli Foundation, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Simons Foundation, and Heising-Simons Foundation […]
The Sweetest Funding Gig for Biomedical Researchers Just Got Even Sweeter [via Inside Philanthropy]
Inside Philanthropy‘s Tate Williams writes: “While much research funding comes in the form of tightly defined, incremental project grants, HHMI’s […]
Giving in the Light of Reason: the Open Philanthropy Project [via Stanford Social Innovation Review]
The Open Philanthropy Project, whose primary funders are Dustin Moskovitz and Cari Tuna, “is guided by the principles of effective […]
With More Cash and a New Home, a Foundation Plots the Future of its Science Funding [via Inside Philanthropy]
Tate Williams reports on changes at The Kavli Foundation, which is expanding through its Kavli Institutes and Kavli Prizes, and […]
True Believer: A Silicon Valley Mega-Giver Has High Hopes for AI and Tech [via Inside Philanthropy]
Eric Schmidt is demonstrating a keen interest in how artificial intelligence, data, and technology in general might accelerate scientific discovery and […]
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 […]