In recent years, Best Buy has been funding tech centers for underserved teenagers using a successful learning model developed by the MIT Media Lab. Now, it's giving millions to dramatically expand the centers.
Read MoreA foundation endowed with the wealth of the late businessman and philanthropist A. James Clark is quietly emerging as one of the most generous funders in the push for STEM diversity.
Read MoreBackstopped by a $13 billion Google fortune, Wendy and Eric Schmidt have long funded marine research and environmental causes. A new fellowship for interdisciplinary science is taking things in a fresh direction.
Read MoreMovies have a big part to play in the average person’s interaction with science. A project pairing STEM-related movies with expert talks is in its 12th season, having spread to 72 cinemas to date.
Read MorePhilanthropy’s no replacement for crucial government science funding, but that message can get lost amid the high-profile gifts. Some science funders are now backing a push to protect federal funding.
Read MoreThe Lasker Foundation has advocacy for medical research funding in its DNA, but the grantmaker has been particularly active lately in rallying support for larger research budgets.
Read MoreHHMI is known for putting researchers on its payroll. Its latest fellowship expands its commitment to diversity, providing up to eight years of support for young researchers from underrepresented backgrounds.
Read MoreThis environment experiment is a unique example of a passion project shepherded into existence by a private donor. It's also producing some useful research findings, which is why the donor is sticking with it.
Read MoreIn what's becoming a familiar trend, a gift to Boston University finds a billionaire donor trying to propel his alma mater to the upper echelons of the American university research system with a stroke of a pen.
Read MoreWe usually write about the philanthropic efforts directed against Trump. But here's an area where tech funders have found common cause with the administration and are putting up big money.
Read MoreHeising-Simons’ science grantmaking is heavily focused on physics and astronomy, fields with some of the largest gender imbalances in STEM. The funder has a new program to advance equality in the fields.
Read MoreThe Moore Foundation gives more than $100 million to science research annually, ranging from marine microbiology to big data. Chief Program Officer Robert Kirshner tells us how the funder decides what to back.
Read MoreWhile gifts for STEM diversity have often flowed from usual suspects like national foundations and corporate funders, a wider range of funders are giving in this space. What's driving that?
Read MoreIt's one of the largest industry-academic partnerships in history and raises some real ethical concerns. But what do both parties get out of a $240 million deal for collaborative AI research?
Read MoreThe National Park Foundation has ramped up private fundraising, and a big recent grant seeks to engage more students and teachers with the parks through science education.
Read MoreConservation needs research, but it also needs research to go beyond academic settings. Here's a foundation that supports early career scientists working on applied solutions to biodiversity threats.
Read MoreWith many cybersecurity jobs going unfilled, higher ed has a key role to play in closing a growing skills gap, and some donors are stepping forward to lend a hand. We look at a major gift off the beaten track.
Read MoreThese are dark days for math researchers who depend on government funds. So it's a good thing that "quant" philanthropists have been writing some very big checks, lately.
Read MoreFoundations are notoriously fixated on metrics, but they don’t come easy when you’re funding the long game of basic science. Here's how some top funders are grappling with this challenge.
Read MoreFour research teams are sharing $10.8 million from RWJF and a pool of Deepwater Horizon settlement money to explore complex factors that make up community resilience in the Gulf Coast region.
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