Americans have an overwhelmingly positive view of science, yet remain ambivalent toward government’s leading role in driving scientific advancement. According to a recent benchmark study conducted by ScienceCounts, a nonprofit focused on enhancing public support for federally funded science, only one in four Americans recognize that government’s…
The third Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium on the Science of Science Communication, supported in part by the Rita Allen Foundation, built on the consensus study report Communicating Science Effectively: A Research Agenda as a framework for advancing both research and practice in science communication.
Documenting Hate is an initiative to create a comprehensive, reliable national database of identity-related violence and other hate crimes directed toward people, places and institutions. Led by Rita Allen Foundation grant partner ProPublica, the project is a collaboration between news organizations, journalism schools and civil rights groups. The…
Media Impact Funders (MIF) is a network of philanthropists and foundations that fund public-interest media and technology projects, including documentary films, investigative reporting and social media campaigns. Through programs and communications, MIF enables funders to collaborate and increase the effectiveness of their work. Amid a rapidly changing media…
David Prober (2010 RAF Scholar) and his team have shown how a protein in the brain regulates sleep in response to light.
Funding collaborative announces $1 million in support for 20 projects to advance public engagement with quality news and identification of misinformation…
Democracy Fund has joined RAF to expand support for collaborative reporting projects that will enrich public-interest journalism.