According to Forbes, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Sets Example for Philanthropists
Release Date:
08/17/2016
... donors want to change the world—and recent Bridgespan research shows that 80% of the most generous philanthropists ...
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Supported by JPB Foundation, Scientists Identify Neurons Devoted to Social Memory
Release Date:
09/30/2016
Cells in the hippocampus store memories of acquaintances, a new study reports.
NYSHealth Foundation Supports Study on Childhood Obesity and Fast-Food Combo Meals
Release Date:
10/17/2016
... inclusion in “combo meal” packages. According to new research from the NYU Langone Medical Center, kids who ate ...
Mellon Foundation Awards St. Lawrence University $800,000 to Support Sophomore-Year Experience
Release Date:
10/21/2016
... including internships, community outreach and summer research fellowships.... Mellon Foundation Awards St. ...
Supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Forest Restoration Gets a Tiny Fraction of the Money it Needs
Release Date:
11/09/2016
... Restoration Gets a Tiny Fraction of the Money it Needs Research shows that only 13 percent to 17 percent of the ...
Jonas Center Announces Partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs
Release Date:
11/15/2016
The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced a first-of-its-kind partnership to establish a national network of nurse researchers, clinical experts and educators working to improve...
Simons Foundation Supports Study That Finds Bacteria Can Survive In Oxygen-Free Marine Environments
Release Date:
12/19/2016
... Can Survive In Oxygen-Free Marine Environments New research shows a certain oxygen breathing limit for certain ...
Apply Now to Join TCF Institute's Summer 2017 Class
Release Date:
01/03/2017
Each year, The Century Foundation (TCF) typically invites six interns to join our office in New York City to spend the summer building new relationships and researching the issues they care about most.
New York State Health Foundation Supports Campaign to Urge Nutritious Food Donations
Release Date:
01/17/2017
... overlooked by such efforts — area food shelves. “ Research shows that the food that is at the food pantry is of ...
Simons Foundation Supports Brain Scans That Identify If Baby Sibling Also Has Autism
Release Date:
02/16/2017
By using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the brains of infants who have older siblings with autism, scientists were able to correctly identify 80 percent of the babies who would be subsequently diagnosed with autism at 2 years of age.
William T. Grant and Sloan Foundations Support Study That Finds Good Sleep Promotes Postive Experiences, Less Conflict
Release Date:
02/17/2017
Researchers in the Department of Biobehavioral Health (BBH) at Penn State found that sleep quality and quantity at night is affected by that day's stressors, and sleep hours and quality affect daily stressors the next day.
CUNY Publishes Paper on the Changing Role of the Ford Foundation in International Development, 1951–2001
Release Date:
03/07/2017
... for almost 50 years. US-funded think tanks and research centers articulated various iterations of a ...
NY Community Trust Offers Four Fellowships for Full-Time Graduate Students
Release Date:
03/22/2017
... The Trust made $195 million in grants. Grants are made for research , advocacy, and exemplary service delivery... NY ...
Helmsley Trust Helps Retraction Watch Chart Its Future With New $130,000 Grant
Release Date:
04/06/2017
... Grant The generous funding from the Trust’s Biomedical Research Infrastructure Program will allow Retraction ...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards $1.725 Million for Hopkins & Community College of Baltimore County Partnership on Humanities
Release Date:
05/19/2017
... to expand opportunities for community college students to research on the Hopkins campus and study with Hopkins ...
Alfred P. Sloan Study Finds Possible Solutions to Sleep Disorders and Depression
Release Date:
06/09/2017
Alfred P. Sloan study identified a group of neurons that may have implications for treating sleep and neuropsychiatric disorders.
Sloan Foundation Funds Pratt Professor’s Work to Restore Roman Painting Buried By Volcano
Release Date:
08/30/2017
A number of prominent publications, including Forbes, National Geographic, Smithsonian Magazine, and Archeology Magazine, have recently spotlighted the cutting-edge work of Eleonora Del Federico, professor of chemistry at Pratt Institute, and a...
To Sell Themselves to Donors, Nonprofits Are Turning to the Pros
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... of information about colorectal screening, colon cancer research and other topics related to the deadly disease. What ...
How Debt Is Threatening Retirement Dreams
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... of data from the University of Michigan Retirement Research Center (MRRC) Health and Retirement Study, a growing ...
61% Of Women And 46% Of Men Think Kids Should Be Raised Without Gender Stereotypes
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... marketing communications–including advertising, new research published this week suggests. A worldwide shift in ...