Rita Allen Foundation Joins Science Philanthropy Alliance
Release Date:
04/06/2018
The Science Philanthropy Alliance announced that two of its associate members, the Rita Allen Foundation and the Heising-Simons Foundation, have become members.
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Simons Foundation Announces 2018 Simons Fellows in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Release Date:
04/02/2018
The Simons Foundation congratulates the 52 outstanding mathematicians and theoretical physicists who have been awarded Simons Fellowships in 2018.
From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Granddaughter of NASA "Hidden Figure," Duchess Harris, shares story of Miriam Mann
Release Date:
03/06/2018
Professor Duchess Harris, Chair of the American Studies department at Macalester College and alumna of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF), shares the story of her grandmother Miriam Mann, one of NASA's earliest "hidden figures."
Toshiba America Foundation Awards High School Students Grant to Support Yeast Experiment
Release Date:
02/16/2018
A science experiment by Stamford High School students is getting ready to launch into space.
Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body
Release Date:
02/06/2018
The study in mice found that a brain region called the lateral vestibular nucleus, or LVN, accomplishes this feat by moving muscles in a two-step, kneejerk response that first widens the animal's center of gravity, and then strengthens and...
Jim Simons, the Numbers King
Release Date:
12/13/2017
Jim and Marilyn Simons became major charitable donors in the nineteen-nineties, when they launched their foundation. The Simons seeks to heighten the foundation’s impact on the sciences.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Sloan Digital Sky Survey Will Map The Entire Sky
Release Date:
11/20/2017
The next generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V), directed by Juna Kollmeier of the Carnegie Institution for Science, will move forward with mapping the entire sky following a $16 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Sloan Scholar Says Funding will Open Doors in Materials Science Field
Release Date:
11/09/2017
The Sloan Scholars program, supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, provides funding for underrepresented students to pursue doctorates in mathematics, science and engineering.
Simons Foundation Supported Research May Have Found Compound Essential to Formation of Life on Earth
Release Date:
11/07/2017
Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla announced Monday that they may have found a compound essential to the formation of life on earth.
The Simons Foundation Awards “Science Everywhere” Grants to Teachers
Release Date:
11/03/2017
As part of a campaign to bring science and math outside the classroom, The Simons Foundation and Overdeck Family Foundation join forces to award five teachers $5,000 each for innovative projects.
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