A $14.3 million award from Alliance member the WoodNext Foundation will expand research at the University of Pittsburgh to identify causes of inflammation that lead to heart disease and dementia,…
The Science Philanthropy Alliance today announced the addition of two external science advisors. Margaret Leinen, Ph.D., and Carla J. Shatz, Ph.D., will join the Alliance’s existing cadre of distinguished external…
The Science Philanthropy Alliance is pleased to host a two-day virtual meeting to share insights about science philanthropy with the research community on March 8 and 9, 2023, from 9…
Alliance member the Simons Foundation has announced its support of 405 Ukrainian mathematicians, biologists, physicists, and chemists who remain in Ukraine. In total, the foundation will award more than $1.2…
Alignment of Science Philanthropy with Minority-Serving InstitutionsWhile there are as many motivations to support scientific research as there are philanthropists, one that is nearly universal is the desire to…
Alliance member the Heising-Simons Foundation has named Sushma Raman its new president and CEO. Raman is an interdisciplinary and experienced philanthropic leader, currently the executive director of the Carr Center…
In a recent feature, the publication Nature recently noted the work of the Science Philanthropy Alliance and highlighted the broader importance of philanthropy to the research enterprise. The outlet spoke…
A recent article published by Physics Today addresses the growing trend of philanthropy as a primary funding tool for discovery science, and mentions the role Heising-Simons Foundation has played in…
Sixteen researchers from 14 universities across the U.S. have been named as the first cohort of experimental physicists to receive funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The new…
Schmidt Futures, a Science Philanthropy Alliance benefactor, have launched a $148 million initiative that will fund post-doctoral research in artificial intelligence to increase scale of interdisciplinary research across STEM fields.…
