Gates Foundation and Page Family Launch $12 Million Flu Grand Challenge [via Gates Foundation]
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Page family are launching the “Universal Influenza Vaccine Development Grand Challenge” during […]
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Brotman and Baty Families Donate $50 million to UW Precision Medicine [via Univ of Washington and Seattle Times]
Jeffrey and Susan Brotman and Pam and Dan Baty have made a $50 million gift to create an institute for […]
Northwestern Univ. Receives $10 Million for Epigenetics Center [via Philanthropy News Digest]
Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey have given $10 million to Northwestern University to create an epigentics center at […]
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative funds 38 pilot projects to build the Human Cell Atlas
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced today that it is funding 38 pilot projects around the world to help build tools […]
How the Lasker Foundation is Stepping Up for Public Research Funding [via Inside Philanthropy]
The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation has stepped up its advocacy for biomedical research funding. As Mary Lasker said: “If you […]
Curiosity Matters: the Discovery of a Powerful Type of Stem Cell [Science Philanthropy Alliance video]
Janet Rossant discusses the nature of basic science, and how the study of blastocysts led to the discovery of the […]
Curiosity Matters: How the study of insects can help us discover cures and manage our environment [Science Philanthropy Alliance video]
In this video, May Berenbaum explains how a brown moth helps control a pervasive roadside weed, and how the study […]
$115m gift, Boston University’s largest ever, will fund life sciences and engineering research [via Boston Globe]
Using most of a $115 million donation from Rajen Kilachand, a Dubai businessman and BU graduate, the school will create […]
Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Gives $20M to Cell Mapping, Brain Research [various]
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group recently announced a $10 million gift to create an Allen Discovery Center at the […]
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Joins Science Philanthropy Alliance as Associate Member
The Science Philanthropy Alliance announced that the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has joined as an associate member. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative […]
Beckman Foundation Announces Funding for Breakthrough Microscope Technology
Five leading universities will receive $12.5 million from the Beckman Foundation for state-of-the-art Cryo-EM instrumentation. In support of the foundation’s mission of […]
Simons Foundation Donates GBP 20M to Edinburgh University for Autism Studies [via BBC]
This BBC article notes: “The Simons Foundation has given the cash for studies into the biological mechanisms that underpin changes […]
MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research Gets $20 Million to Study Autism [via Fortune]
Reporter Barb Darrow reports on Hock Tan and Lisa Yang’s gift to MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research to investigate […]
“Riskiest Ideas” win $50 million from Chan Zuckerberg Biohub [via Nature]
Nature reports that CZI named the 47 investigators that will receive up to $1.5M in funding to pursue their “riskiest, […]
The Wealthy Couple Trying to Unlock the Secrets of Anorexia [via Inside Philanthropy]
Reporter Paul Karon describes the Klarman Family Foundation‘s support of research into eating disorders. The Klarman foundation, established with millions […]