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Apr 2018

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 the centenary year of the 1918 flu pandemic. Read more…

Dec 2017

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 precision medicine at the University of Washington. Read the university's…

Nov 2017

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 its Feinberg School of Medicine. Read more here.

Oct 2017

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 and technologies for the Human Cell Atlas, to accelerate our…

Oct 2017

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 think research is expensive, try disease!"Read about the foundation's advocacy…

Oct 2017

Curiosity Matters: the Discovery of a Powerful Type of Stem Cell [Science Philanthropy Alliance video]

Janet Rossant discusses the nature of discovery science, and how the study of blastocysts led to the discovery of the pluripotent stem cell, which can develop into all the cells…

Sep 2017

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 of sick caterpillars has resulted in contributions to medical science.

Sep 2017

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

Gates Foundation and Page Family Launch $12 Million Flu Grand Challenge [via Gates Foundation]

Brotman and Baty Families Donate $50 million to UW Precision Medicine [via Univ of Washington and Seattle Times]

Northwestern Univ. Receives $10 Million for Epigenetics Center [via Philanthropy News Digest]

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative funds 38 pilot projects to build the Human Cell Atlas

How the Lasker Foundation is Stepping Up for Public Research Funding [via Inside Philanthropy]

Curiosity Matters: the Discovery of a Powerful Type of Stem Cell [Science Philanthropy Alliance video]

Curiosity Matters: How the study of insects can help us discover cures and manage our environment [Science Philanthropy Alliance video]

$115m gift, Boston University’s largest ever, will fund life sciences and engineering research [via Boston Globe]

Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Gives $20M to Cell Mapping, Brain Research [various]

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Joins Science Philanthropy Alliance as Associate Member

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