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May 2023

Seven researchers named recipients of 2023 Brown Investigator Award

The Ross M. Brown Family Foundation today announced seven recipients of the annual Brown Investigator Award. The award recognizes curiosity-driven basic research in chemistry and physics and supports investigators’ research…

Mar 2021

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's philanthropic journey. (Read Part I and Part II.) …

Mar 2021

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 recipients of the inaugural Brown Investigator Award. The award, which…

Dec 2019

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 series. Read Part I and Part III.When we left…

Oct 2019

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 series. Read "Journey of a Philanthropist, Part II".In May…

Jun 2019

Models for discovery 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 event, cohosted with UC Berkeley and the Heising-Simons Foundation, a…

Oct 2018

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 initiative....how do you gauge if a program is successful, when…

Dec 2017

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 her work at the foundation.

Dec 2017

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 largest philanthropic donation ever made to UK science,” according to…

Sep 2017

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 the impact of curiosity-driven research.

A Vision for American Science and Technology (VAST)

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