Valerie Conn is executive director of the Science Philanthropy AllianceLondon was cold and blustery on March 7, but on that day there was much warmth and enthusiasm at the…
Valerie Conn, executive director of the Science Philanthropy Alliance, talks to BBC Radio's Roland Pease about science philanthropy in this segment (23:45)“People who fund basic scientific research are curious, they…
Science Philanthropy Alliance Announces Rita Allen Foundation and Heising-Simons Foundation as Members, and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation as a BenefactorElizabeth Good Christopherson of the Rita Allen Foundation, Deanna…
In this opinion piece in The Hill, Rebecca Blank, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Brad Schwartz, CEO of the biomedical Morgridge Institute for Research in Madison, remind us…
The Lustgarten Foundation announced today that it funded $22 million in 2017 as part of its commitment to invest $40 million by the end of 2018. In addition to funding the most accomplished scientists in pancreatic cancer research, the foundation…
Nature features Dustin Moskovitz and his wife Cari Tuna's Open Philanthropy Project, which has significantly boosted its spending to $200 million this year, of which around $40 million was on scientific research.Open…
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.
Carnegie Mellon University alumnus Glen de Vries, co-founder and president of Medidata, has donated $10 million to endow the chair of the dean of CMU's Mellon College of Science (MCS). The gift…
An in-depth profile of Jim Simons, who with Marilyn Simons is one of the heavyweights in science philanthropy through their foundation, the Simons Foundation.
A Science Philanthropy Success StoryTaking to the Stars: the Sloan Foundation's 25-year Partnership with the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyDownload the Sloan SDSS philanthropy story pdf for web …
