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Jun 2019

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research Gives Penn $12 Million Grant to Study Connection between Radiation and Immunotherapies [via Penn Medicine News]

The grant from The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research will establish The Mark Foundation Center for Immunotherapy, Immune Signaling, and Radiation at the University of Pennsylvania, which will seek to…

May 2019

Pritzker Foundation Makes a $100M Commitment to Launch Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at University of Chicago [via University of Chicago]

The University of Chicago today announced a $100 million commitment from the Pritzker Foundation to support the new Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, becoming the first university in the United…

May 2019

Simons Foundation, Carson Family Charitable Trust Give $125M to New York Genome Center [via GenomeWeb]

The $125 million joint gift from the Simons Foundation and the Carson Family Charitable Trust, which will be awarded over the next five years, will support the building and maintenance…

Apr 2019

TED Announces the 2019 Audacious Projects [via AudaciousProject.org]

The Audacious Project, TED's philanthropic collaborative dedicated to bold, actionable ideas, announced the 2019 Audacious projects. The Science Philanthropy Alliance is thrilled to report that two of the projects show…

Jan 2019

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 Priscilla Chan, co-founder of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), about…

Dec 2018

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 — along with computational biologists and physicians, to understand the underlying…

Nov 2018

Harvard Medical School receives record $200 million gift [via Boston Globe]

The Boston Globe reports that Harvard Medical School has received a $200 million donation — the largest in its history — to support research into fundamental questions about human illness and…

Nov 2018

A Billionaire’s Dying Wish: A $10 Million Prize To Fight Brain Diseases [via Forbes]

Michela Tindera writes: The estate of legendary billionaire investor Richard Rainwater will fund a series of multimillion-dollar prizes to fight degenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer’s...The largest award, called the Rainwater Breakthrough Prize,…

Sep 2018

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 AllianceA $100 million gift is what’s known in development circles as a “transformative gift” – such a gift is raised…

May 2018

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative hands out $15 million to help scientists ‘map every cell in the human body’ [via Geekwire]

Clare McGrane reports that Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's Human Cell Atlas has awarded a total of $15 million to 85 researchers working on cell biology and related technologies across the U.S.…

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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

Is Data the Cure for Advancing Scientific Discovery? How Philanthropic Investment in Open Data Platforms Can Advance Science

Harlow Shapley: From a Brilliant Man Dedicated to Science to a Brilliant Scientist Devoted to Man

The Science Philanthropy Alliance Congratulates The Brinson Foundation on the Launch of The Brinson Exploration Hub at Caltech

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research Gives Penn $12 Million Grant to Study Connection between Radiation and Immunotherapies [via Penn Medicine News]

Pritzker Foundation Makes a $100M Commitment to Launch Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at University of Chicago [via University of Chicago]

Simons Foundation, Carson Family Charitable Trust Give $125M to New York Genome Center [via GenomeWeb]

TED Announces the 2019 Audacious Projects [via AudaciousProject.org]

Priscilla Chan Discusses Science Philanthropy

CZI Awards Over $51 Million to Fight Neurodegenerative Disorders, Including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s [via chanzuckerberg.com]

Harvard Medical School receives record $200 million gift [via Boston Globe]

A Billionaire’s Dying Wish: A $10 Million Prize To Fight Brain Diseases [via Forbes]

Behind the Scenes of the Duchossois Family’s $100 Million Gift to the University of Chicago Medicine [Alliance blog]

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative hands out $15 million to help scientists ‘map every cell in the human body’ [via Geekwire]

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