Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Facilitates Clinical Research with $8.7 Million in Grants Release Date: 07/14/2015The foundation has awarded $8.7 million to 18 physician-scientists to reserve 75 percent of their time for independent research.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area HealthScienceTechnologyRelated Organizations Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Gerstner Family Foundation Commits $10 Million to Cancer Research Release Date: 06/11/2015The grant will provide support to the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area HealthScienceTechnologyRelated Organizations Gerstner Philanthropies
Pershing Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science Research Release Date: 06/02/2015The funding will lead biology and genetics research for education programs.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area EducationHealthScienceTechnologyRelated Organizations Pershing Square Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Backs Panel to Explore Ways to Keep Women in STEM Fields Release Date: 03/23/2015Women account for half the college-educated American workforce but only 28 percent of science and engineering workers.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area ScienceTechnologyGender JusticeRelated Organizations Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding Release Date: 03/17/2015The coalition, the Science Philanthropy Alliance, has picked Marc Kastner as its first president.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area EducationScienceTechnologyRelated Organizations The Simons FoundationAlfred P. Sloan Foundation
NY Stem Cell Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Explore Strategies to Advance Women in Science Release Date: 03/06/2015The Initiative on Women in Science and Engineering Working Group presented seven strategies to advance women in science, engineering and medicine.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area ScienceTechnologyGender JusticeRelated Organizations Doris Duke Charitable FoundationThe New York Stem Cell Foundation
Why STEM? The Key to Future Innovation Needs Funding Now Release Date: 03/03/2015Pinkerton Foundation Program Officer, Jennifer Correa, explores the importance of funding STEM programs.Find More ByNews type InsightsFunding Area EducationScienceTechnologyRelated Organizations The Pinkerton Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Elects Dr. Francine Berman to Board of Trustees Release Date: 01/22/2015Dr. Francine Berman is a Professor in Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Find More ByNews type Appointments & TransitionsFunding Area EducationPublic PolicyScienceSocial JusticeTechnologyRelated Organizations Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Simons Foundation Helps Scientists Share and Review Findings Release Date: 01/06/2015Over one million research articles are currently being reviewed by the Simons Foundation-funded arXiv.org.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area EducationScienceTechnologyRelated Organizations The Simons Foundation
Simons Foundation, Autism Speaks and Autism Science Foundation launch Autism BrainNet registration site Release Date: 05/16/2014The Simons Foundation, Autism Speaks and the Autism Science Foundation today announced the launch of the Autism BrainNet registration site, It Takes Brains ( www.takesbrains.org ). Autism BrainNet is a consortium of academic sites funded...Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area HealthScienceTechnologyRelated Organizations The Simons Foundation