Verizon Supports Immersion Program to Teach Girls to Code
Release Date:
09/01/2015
At Verizon, 60 percent of the new hires are within IT or engineering—but only a quarter of them are women.
Technology
Helmsley Charitable Trust-Backed Program Explores DNA Damage Response to Find New Cancer Treatments
Release Date:
08/28/2015
Researchers show how DNA repair proteins sound the alarm to threats, pointing to a novel cancer therapy.
Simons Foundation Partners with Kennedy Krieger’s Interactive Autism Network, Provides $2.18 Million in Funding
Release Date:
08/27/2015
The funding will support expansion of the nation's largest online autism research initiative.
Simons Foundation Invites LOIs for Significant Mathematical, Theoretical Studies
Release Date:
08/24/2015
Grants of up to $2.5 million will be awarded in support of collaborative projects that address a mathematical or theoretical topic of fundamental scientific importance.
Fourth Annual Verizon Innovative App Challenge Seeks Problem Solving Ideas From Students Nationwide
Release Date:
08/17/2015
For the first time, the App Challenge will be open to teams representing non-profit organizations in addition to schools.
$1.25 Million Mellon Grant Awarded to Arts & Humanities to Fund Digital Humanities, African American Studies
Release Date:
07/17/2015
The grant will fund research, education and training at the intersections of digital humanities and African American studies at the University of Maryland.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Backs Campbell Brown's Nonpartisan Education Website
Release Date:
07/15/2015
The site will be called Seventy Four, which references the 74 million children in the United States under age 18.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Facilitates Clinical Research with $8.7 Million in Grants
Release Date:
07/14/2015
The foundation has awarded $8.7 million to 18 physician-scientists to reserve 75 percent of their time for independent research.
Heckscher Foundation for Children Works to Demystify NYC High School Admissions Process
Release Date:
07/13/2015
The foundation is currently developing an application to help underserved youth apply to city high schools.
Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2015 Scholars
Release Date:
07/09/2015
The selected Scholars will receive grants of up to $110,000 per year for a maximum of five years.
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