Food companies have a history of using funding research that minimizes the health risks of their products. They're still doing it—in developing countries where obesity is rising fast.
Read MoreSloan just extended its funding for a massive survey of the sky with a $16 million grant. It's an example of science philanthropy backing partnerships that can have outsized impacts.
Read MoreBoston College is known mainly for its enviable liberal arts education, but it’s been building up an emphasis on science and technology. A $25 million gift helps the school follow this higher ed trend.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
Read MoreHeavy hitters like Gates and Wellcome Trust are demanding that grantees publicly disclose the results of all clinical trials within 12 months. Till Bruckner of Transparify explains what's at stake.
Read MoreArtificial intelligence has emerged as a hot issue in philanthropy, with an eye on keeping the rapidly expanding technology in check. Here's where a new fund is sending its grant money.
Read MoreDallas philanthropist Lyda Hill approaches science funding by supporting emerging fields and scientific solutions to problems. Here's what this big-league giver has been up to lately.
Read MoreThe Microsoft billionaire is giving tens of millions of dollars to support "out-of-the-box approaches at the very edges of knowledge." What does that look like in practice, exactly?
Read MoreWhat some chemists might not realize is that all of this funder's power is contained within the state of Texas. Underwriting basic research at universities is a top priority.
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