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Apr 2016

Alliance Advisor Robert Birgeneau Receives the Vannevar Bush Award [via NSF]

Alliance advisor Robert Birgeneau, an internationally distinguished physicist and chancellor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, received the National Science Foundation's prestigious Vannevar Bush Award. Read the announcement.

Apr 2016

April Funding Showers for Science [Commentary]

With Paul Allen’s announcement last month to support bioscience with a $100 million gift, yesterday's announcement of Yuri Milner’s plan to send a fleet of probes to Alpha Centauri with initial funding of…

Apr 2016

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Sean Parker Launches an Unprecedented Cancer Research Effort

Sean Parker's foundation is giving $250 million to fund cancer research, focusing on immunotherapy and new tumor antigen targets.

Apr 2016

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Reaching for the Stars, Across 4.37 Light-years [via New York Times]

Yuri Milner announces a plan to send a fleet of robot spacecraft to Alpha Centauri, provides initial funding of $100 million for research and development.

Apr 2016

Philanthropy Models Science Philanthropy Why Discovery Science

New Frontiers in Bioscience [via Science]

A guest editorial in Science Magazine by Paul Allen about the exciting opportunities in bioscience and discovery science. Read the article here.

Mar 2016

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Philanthropist Paul Allen announces $100 million gift to expand ‘frontiers of bioscience’ [via Washington Post]

Paul Allen announces a $100 million commitment over 10 years to fund bioscience.

Dec 2015

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The Death of Corporate Investment in Science? [via Fortune]

The author explores how short-term thinking and focus on stock prices have changed U.S. companies from research giants to bottom-line thinkers.

Nov 2015

Philanthropy Models Science Philanthropy

Here’s One Foundation That’s Heeding the Call for More discovery science Funding [via Inside Philanthropy]

An inside look at how Bill and Karen Ackman’s Pershing Square Foundation values, and funds, the creative serendipity of discovery science.

Aug 2015

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The Pleasure (and Necessity) of Finding Things Out [via Simons Foundation]

The reasons for doing basic research go well beyond the creation of new applications and technologies.

Feb 2015

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When Scientific Research Can’t Get Federal Funds, Private Money Steps In [via Chronicle of Philanthropy]

The annual Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list of the biggest donors is filled with support for basic scientific research. Philanthropists are focusing on work that is risky, challenging, and uncertain.

Happy Holidays from the Science Philanthropy Alliance

Tom Cech’s The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets

The Science Philanthropy Alliance: A Decade of Success

National Academies Add Philanthropists to Their Long-Standing Brain Trust of Government, University, and Industry Leaders

Science Philanthropy Alliance 2023 Annual Report

In Tribute: Jim Simons

The Dana Foundation—At the Vanguard of Neuroscience & Society

GUIRR Webinar: Including Philanthropy in the Research Funding Conversation

Prebys Foundation Announces $7 Million “Prebys Research Heroes” Program to Improve Medical Research through Diversity

Is Data the Cure for Advancing Scientific Discovery? Part Two

Science Philanthropy

Alliance Advisor Robert Birgeneau Receives the Vannevar Bush Award [via NSF]

April Funding Showers for Science [Commentary]

Sean Parker Launches an Unprecedented Cancer Research Effort

Reaching for the Stars, Across 4.37 Light-years [via New York Times]

New Frontiers in Bioscience [via Science]

Philanthropist Paul Allen announces $100 million gift to expand ‘frontiers of bioscience’ [via Washington Post]

The Death of Corporate Investment in Science? [via Fortune]

Here’s One Foundation That’s Heeding the Call for More discovery science Funding [via Inside Philanthropy]

The Pleasure (and Necessity) of Finding Things Out [via Simons Foundation]

When Scientific Research Can’t Get Federal Funds, Private Money Steps In [via Chronicle of Philanthropy]

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