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Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students

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06/28/2017

... tracks in school, according to Stanford scholars. The study , which recently appeared in the Proceedings of the ... them to advanced courses,” said J. Parker Goyer, the study ’s lead author and post-doctoral...

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Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative is Calling on Dads With a New "Men of Action" Campaign

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07/11/2017

... their saliva to find answers for autism. While the SPARK study has already enrolled more than 50,000 individuals, including 20,000 individuals with autism, the study is falling short in terms of one crucial...

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Simons Foundation's Flatiron Institute Joins IBM and Others including Citizens in the Microbiome Immunity Project

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08/23/2017

... help is being enlisted in what's thought to be the biggest study of the human microbiome—the bacteria that live in and ... analysis of the microbiome in the digestive system. This study aims to help...

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Research To Prevent Blindness-Backed Project Identifies Potential Biomarkers Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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09/12/2017

... found through special laboratory tests, according to a new study led by AMD researchers based at Massachusetts Eye and Ear. The study , published online today in Ophthalmology, describes a ... to the advanced,...

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Wellcome Trust and the Simons Foundation Fund Researchers Uniting to Create International Brain Lab

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09/19/2017

... Brain Lab Leading neuroscientists are joining forces to study the brain—in much the same way that physicists team ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Research Shows Connection Between Watershed Quality and Disease in Children

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10/10/2017

... and Disease in Children A University of Vermont-led study of 300,000 children in 35 nations says kids whose ... the age of five. Published in Nature Communications, the study is the first to quantify the...

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Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA

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11/22/2017

American Diabetes Association Issues Consensus Report to Standardize Definitions and Outcome Measures Beyond HbA1C for Type 1 Diabetes in Special Diabetes Care Section

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The Commonwealth Fund Supports Tool to Encourage Patient Contribution to Clinical Notes

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12/08/2017

... improve relationships with their doctors, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. In that ... on documentation, according to a UCLA press release on the study ... The Commonwealth...

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As Youth Giving Since 2001 Totals $19M, Brooklyn Community Foundation CEO Reiterates the Importance of a Youth-Led Strategy

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12/11/2017

... million since 2001 through youth grantmaking programs, a study from YouthGiving.org, an initiative of Foundation ... should all leverage in our institutions." According to the study , more than eight...

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Toshiba America Foundation Announces $110,000 for 11 Innovative Classroom STEM Projects

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01/16/2018

The Toshiba America Foundation (TAF) today announced nearly $110,000 in grants for 11 innovative classroom STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematic) projects in grades 6-12.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria

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02/16/2018

In separate studies, researchers test bacteria that suppresses development of malaria parasite, genetic modification that boosts mosquito immune systems

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Finds Gut Bacteria Play Critical Role in Anti-Seizure Effects of Ketogenic Diet

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05/25/2018

... of the high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet. The study , published in the journal Cell, is the first to ... physiology in the UCLA College, and senior author of the study . However, there has been no clear...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust and Partners Announce Funding of Quantitative Analysis of Insulin Purchased from Pharmacies in the U.S.

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10/11/2018

... the United States. This effort was prompted by a small study published in the December 2017 edition of the Journal ... Science and Technology, by Carter and Heinemann1. The study , which was not initiated or...

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Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program

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12/05/2018

NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the appointment of Alethia E. Jones as director of the Open Society Fellowship Program, effective December 3.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $3.9 Million to Oxford University

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05/12/2019

The University of Oxford has announced a £3 million ($3.9 million) gift from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation in support of the consolidation and expansion of its Late Antique and Byzantine studies program.

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Phillip Brian Harper Named New Program Director for Higher Learning At The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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08/27/2020

The position, effective October 1, 2020, will shape and direct giving on issues surrounding higher education, particularly in the humanities and liberal arts.

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Renowned Scholar and Author Carolyn Dinshaw Joins the Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer for Higher Learning

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02/10/2022

... founded and directed the interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality and headed the Gender and ... of Wisconsin Press, 1989)—the first full-length feminist study of Chaucer, and The...

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New York City's Community Foundation Carries Out Charitable Legacies of Brooke Astor and Many Others

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06/07/2017

... Einstein College of Medicine, $141,000 to continue a study of osteosarcoma, a bone cancer that develops most often ... for funder collaborative housed at The Trust, which pools resources to expand access for...

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Philanthropy as Backer of Brains

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05/02/2013

The third in a series of Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin’s reflections on the unique strengths and enduring lessons of 100 years of strategic philanthropy.