Tate Williams discusses the proposed budget cuts to science research and the role of science philanthropy in relation to government funding:"...science philanthropy and the research it funds make up just one…
Five leading universities will receive $12.5 million from the Beckman Foundation for state-of-the-art Cryo-EM instrumentation. In support of the foundation’s mission of supporting research breakthroughs in chemistry and the life sciences, the…
Marc Kastner, president of the Science Philanthropy Alliance, shares his thoughts on the roles that government, philanthropy, and corporations play in funding discovery science research.
This BBC article notes: "The Simons Foundation has given the cash for studies into the biological mechanisms that underpin changes in brain development linked with autism. Autism spectrum disorders affect…
Philanthropy News Digest reports on the Science Philanthropy Alliance's survey which shows U.S. research institutions received more than $2.3 billion in private funding for discovery science research in 2016.
Research Institutions Received Over $2.3 Billion in Private Funding for discovery science in 2016Palo Alto, CA (February 13, 2017) – Research institutions in the U.S. received more than $2.3…
Reporter Barb Darrow reports on Hock Tan and Lisa Yang's gift to MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research to investigate "the genetic, biological, and neural bases of autism spectrum disorder."
Nature reports that CZI named the 47 investigators that will receive up to $1.5M in funding to pursue their “riskiest, most exciting ideas.”
“Marc Kastner, president of the…
The Science Philanthropy Alliance announced that the Leon Levy Foundation has joined the Science Philanthropy Alliance as an associate member.
The Leon Levy Foundation, founded in…
