Seven researchers named recipients of 2023 Brown Investigator Award
The Brown Science Foundation today announced seven recipients of the annual Brown Investigator Award. The award recognizes curiosity-driven basic research […]
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Journey of a Philanthropist, Part III
Sue Merrilees is a senior advisor at the Science Philanthropy Alliance. This is the third post in a series documenting Ross […]
Brown Science Foundation Announces Inaugural Recipients of the Brown Investigator Award
The Brown Science Foundation today announced physicists David Hsieh of Caltech and William Irvine of the University of Chicago as […]
Journey of a Philanthropist, Part II
Sue Merrilees is a senior advisor at the Science Philanthropy Alliance. This is the second post in an ongoing blog […]
Journey of a Philanthropist, Part I
Sue Merrilees is a senior advisor at the Science Philanthropy Alliance. This is the first post in an ongoing blog […]
Models for Basic Science Philanthropy [Alliance blog post]
There are as many ways to do science philanthropy as there are science philanthropists. At a recent Science Philanthropy Alliance […]
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 […]
Q&A with Cyndi Atherton [via Physics Today]
Physics Today talks to Cyndi Atherton, director of the science program at the Heising-Simons Foundation, about her career path and […]
Ray Dolby’s Estate Donates £85m to Cambridge physics laboratory [via Financial Times and Cambridge University]
American innovator Ray Dolby’s estate gave $100 million to help build Cambridge University’s new Cavendish laboratory. The gift is “the […]
Curiosity Matters: Science that Creates Industries [Science Philanthropy Alliance video]
In this video, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan shares how a fundamental physics discovery facilitated his Nobel Prize-winning work in chemistry and discusses […]
Winton Capital’s David Harding on physics and philanthropy [via Financial Times]
In this article by Clive Cookson, Harding talks about physics and philanthropy. He mentions the Science Philanthropy Alliance, which Winton Philanthropies […]
2016 Nobel prizes demonstrate the importance of basic research
Congratulations to this year’s Nobel Prize winners for their breakthrough work in basic science! A Japan Times story about this year’s Nobel Prize […]
How a Young Foundation is Looking to Make a Difference in Science [via Inside Philanthropy]
In this third Inside Philanthropy article about Heising-Simons Foundation, Cyndi Atherton talks about the foundation’s approach to science philanthropy. Atherton […]
Inside the Heising-Simons Foundation: A Brainy Startup Finds its Way in 3 Major Areas [via Inside Philanthropy]
Alliance member Heising-Simons Foundation discusses giving to basic science, particularly the physical sciences and climate science.
Inside the Simons Foundation: Big Philanthropy on the Frontiers of Science [via Inside Philanthropy]
An in-depth look at the Simons Foundation, one of the top 40 foundations in the U.S., and its focus on […]