Wellcome Trust granted $335 million in new funding for its separate research spinoff, Wellcome Leap, to disrupt health research and speed breakthroughs. Leap’s CEO explains why this approach was taken and how it works.
Read MoreFor our latest Funder Spotlight, we take a closer look at the Beckman Foundation, whose mission is to ensure that students and early-career scientists make it through the tough early years of academia.
Read MoreA handful of funders heard that researchers in Texas needed money to finish developing a low-cost COVID vaccine. Now, it's poised for mass distribution in India and other under-vaccinated countries worldwide.
Read MorePhilanthropy is playing a bigger part in the funding landscape for basic science these days, and the Science Philanthropy Alliance exists to deepen that engagement. We hear from its new president, France A. Córdova.
Read MoreWhile STEM education funders point to diversity, equity and inclusion as priorities, research from Sloan and Higher Ed Insight shows that their efforts have fallen short. In this guest post, the authors outline a path forward.
Read MoreShortly after his passing, Paul Allen’s estate made a $20 million gift to Swedish Health Services, where Allen received care during his battle with lymphoma. That gift is now funding a promising new approach to cancer treatment.
Read MoreCOVID-19 was a wake-up call to the world that we are insufficiently prepared to identify and stop emerging diseases. It’s a niche cause in philanthropy, but here are a few funders backing early warning systems.
Read MoreRarebase is a public benefit corporation that uses genomics to identify treatments for rare diseases. The firm’s unique model relies on small foundations and patient advocacy groups to acquire funds and patient data.
Read MoreJennifer Rainin is CEO of the Bay Area-based Rainin Foundation, a funder to watch that supports early ed, arts and medical research. We talked to the artist and former teacher about her foundation and career in philanthropy.
Read MoreThis year, the David and Lucille Packard Foundation's Fellows for Science and Engineering selected 20 new recipients for the prestigious grant. Nearly half of the new fellows are women, a record number for the program.
Read MoreHealthcare couldn’t function for a single day without nursing, yet the profession receives relatively little philanthropic support. Jonas Philanthropies has expanded its signature program to support nursing teachers and leaders.
Read MoreThe Native BioData Consortium is the first nonprofit research institute led by Indigenous scientists and tribal members in the U.S. It’s channeling a new MacArthur grant in its work to decolonize the study of genetics.
Read MoreThe Howard Hughes Medical Institute awards one the most sought-after paychecks in the biomedical research field: $9 million over seven years, no strings attached. It’s spending $300 million on the latest round.
Read MoreA $24 million donation from a major funder of neuroscience has established the new K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics at MIT to develop next-gen synthetic limbs and other solutions for serious disabilities.
Read MoreThe Chan family's unrestricted $175 million gift is a game-changer for the UMass medical school and further cements the family in the philanthropic pantheon. The donors view research universities as “engines of progress.”
Read MoreAn affluent and somewhat controversial funder, the John Templeton Foundation has big plans to ramp up its grantmaking at the intersection between science and the spiritual.
Read MoreSince its launch in 1994, science funding powerhouse the Simons Foundation has been led by founders Jim and Marilyn Simons—until now. We spoke with its new president, astrophysicist David Spergel, to find out what lies ahead.
Read MoreThree years ago, the Foundation Fighting Blindness launched a venture philanthropy arm to invest in biotech companies and bring treatments to market. Ten companies in, the effort is going strong.
Read MoreThe development of new drugs and other medical treatments can take many years and billions of dollars. Cures Within Reach aims to find new uses for already-approved therapies to ease suffering and save lives faster.
Read MoreJoe and Clara Tsai, owners of the Brooklyn Nets, have emerged as strong social justice donors. We spoke with Clara Wu Tsai about how their giving has evolved, and a new fund to empower Black business owners.
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