Dear Science Philanthropy Alliance community,I started the year with concern about the state of funding for discovery science research. U.S. government funding for discovery science has been declining steadily since…
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…
Forbes and The Mercury News report on the red carpet event announcing the Breakthrough Prizes for 2017, totalling $22 million.From The Mercury News:The awards, conceived by theoretical physics dropout and entrepreneur…
The Science Philanthropy Alliance announced that The Rockefeller Foundation has joined as an associate member.For more than 100 years, The Rockefeller Foundation’s mission has been to promote the well-being of humanity…
In this story from The Scientist, Bob Grant writes about private funders who are supporting big projects and rewriting the playbook on fueling scientific research.The story quotes Marc Kastner, president of…
To help journalists better understand the growing field of science philanthropy, the Science Philanthropy Alliance organized a panel discussion at the 2017 World Conference for Science Journalists, held in San…
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.
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…
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…
Congratulations to our member, the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation, on the launch of the Schmidt Science Fellows Program!"The $25 million program marks the beginning of a…
