White House Debuts $240 Million in New STEM Commitments
Release Date:
03/24/2015
... STEM commitments this week at the fifth annual White House Science Fair. The new private sector commitments are ...
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Sloan Foundation Awards $3 Million for Minority PhDs in STEM Fields
Release Date:
03/27/2015
The main goal of the initiative is to increase the diversity of graduate education in the sciences, mathematics and engineering.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Strives to Provide Free Psychiatric Evaluations to 10,000 NYC Kids
Release Date:
08/21/2015
... is a brand-new initiative seeking to help advance the science of child and adolescent brain development. The ...
2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Awarded to Those Who Dedicate Private Wealth to the Public Good
Release Date:
08/25/2015
... the environment, cancer research, culture, the arts, science , citizenship, healthcare, and technology. The 2015 ...
Immigrants, Their Children Integrate Well into US Society but Not in All Areas, Report Finds
Release Date:
09/24/2015
Carnegie Corporation and the Russell Sage Foundation backed the study, which was released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Philanthropy Must Move Fast on Climate Change, Robertson and MacArthur Leaders Say in Chronicle
Release Date:
12/02/2015
... of life in the United States and around the world, and the science tells us that far worse impacts are on the way. ...
With Help from Helmsley, Caltech Researchers May Have Discovered a Cause of Crohn’s Disease
Release Date:
05/09/2016
... were published online in the May 5 edition of the journal Science ... With Help from Helmsley, Caltech Researchers May ...
Russell Sage Report Finds Non-Citizen Latinos Politically Engaged
Release Date:
06/28/2016
Non-citizen Latino immigrants may not be able to vote, but they could still help decide the outcome of the upcoming presidential election.
Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2016 Scholars
Release Date:
06/30/2016
... Scholars, recognizing seven young leaders in biomedical science whose research holds great promise for revealing new ...
Supported by Simons Foundation, Study Finds Genetics, Early Term Ultrasound Linked to Autism Severity
Release Date:
09/02/2016
The data was derived from 2,644 families among 12 research sites across the United States.
Carnegie-Funded Commission Finds Most People Want A College Degree, But That Goal Remains A Challenge
Release Date:
09/22/2016
Almost 90 percent of high school graduates spend some time in college, but only 40 percent of those students complete a bachelor's degree in four years and 60 percent in six, according to a new report about undergraduate education.
With Support From Simons Foundation, Rett Syndrome Study Finds Mechanisms Underlying Its Visual Deficits
Release Date:
11/02/2016
Understanding the physiological alterations in intact brain circuits in neurodevelopmental disorders is a fundamental challenge for neuroscience.
Mellon Foundation and NEH Recognize College Professor for Book on Israel
Release Date:
11/29/2016
... which was funded by the Ford Foundation, the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned ...
Foundation for Child Development Sponsors Study that Finds Children Learning English Require Better Support for Academic Success
Release Date:
03/01/2017
Despite their potential, many English learners (ELs) -- who account for more than 9 percent of K-12 enrollment in the U.S. -- lag behind their English-speaking monolingual peers in educational achievement.
Simons-Funded Research Finds Brain Differences Between People with Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia, Autism
Release Date:
05/25/2017
A UCLA study characterizes, for the first time, brain differences between people with a specific genetic risk for schizophrenia and those at risk for autism, and the findings could help explain the biological underpinnings of these neuropsychiatric...
New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change
Release Date:
09/12/2017
When it comes to mitigating the worst impacts of climate change, keeping excess carbon out of the atmosphere is the prime target for improving the health of our planet. One of the best ways to do that is thought to be locking more of that carbon...
Gates Commits $20 Million to Women's Groups
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... grass-roots organizations. Instead, it has made science the cornerstone of its international development ...
Toshiba America Foundation Awards High School Students Grant to Support Yeast Experiment
Release Date:
02/16/2018
... High School Students Grant to Support Yeast Experiment A science experiment by Stamford High School students is ...
Johnson & Johnson Partners with Other Global Leaders to Expand HIV Treatment
Release Date:
07/26/2018
Johnson & Johnson, the Elton John AIDS Foundation along with the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Unitaid, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), and...
Simons Foundation Announces Launch of the Center for Computational Mathematics
Release Date:
10/02/2018
... computational mathematics play a critical role in modern science and engineering, with new opportunities for discovery ... among the other units while creating original science itself. I was convinced, and...