Business Leaders Agree: U.S. Funding of Basic Research Advances Prosperity, Security, Well-Being
Business leaders have publicly stated that federal funding for basic scientific research is an investment in America’s future…
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Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education – Years Three and Four
Building on a successful 2014 collaboration with the Online News Association and its funding partners, the Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education seeks to help journalism educators better prepare students to meet 21st-century information needs. The micro-grant contest encourages universities to create teams to experiment with new…
Science & Civics
RELATED STORY: A Few Reflections on the Challenges of Engaging Across Divisions The Aspen Institute’s Citizenship and American Identity Program focuses on the challenge of sustaining strong citizenship in America and coherent national identity in an age of demographic flux and severe inequality. One of its…
SMASH16 to Explore the Wonders of Science and Media
Foundation provides major funding for more than 300 science media stakeholders to explore new ways of communicating science September 20-22 in Boston…
NOAA, Climate Central, Partners Conduct Rapid Assessment of Devastating August Rains
NOAA, Climate Central (RAF grant recipient) lead ‘rapid-response’ study that points to climate change as increasing chance of torrential rains…
Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Celebrate 40 Years of Exploration and Discovery
This July, members of an outstanding group of biomedical scientists came together for the first time to learn about one another’s work and discuss broader issues affecting the future of scientific discovery. Since 1976, scientists at the early stages of their careers have been selected as Rita Allen Foundation Scholars,…
Rita Allen Foundation Joins Science Philanthropy Alliance
The Rita Allen Foundation has joined the Science Philanthropy Alliance, a community of funders working to inspire philanthropy for basic science…
Hilary Coller: When Cells Sleep
Hilary Coller caught the biomedical research bug early—as a junior high school student she took part in research that resulted in a first-author scientific publication. Coauthored with her father Barry Coller, a blood and vascular biologist at The Rockefeller University, the paper explored a…
Senthil Muthuswamy: Tackling Cancer in Three Dimensions
In 1990, Senthil Muthuswamy was a young graduate student in biology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He had just moved to Canada from his native India after completing a bachelor’s degree in agricultural sciences at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and a master’s degree in genetics at…
Tom Maniatis: Mastering Methods and Exploring Molecular Mechanisms
Tom Maniatis launched his scientific career by experimenting with early ultraviolet lasers to scrutinize the development of chicken embryos. This undergraduate research experience, at the University of Colorado, Boulder, “taught me the importance of bringing technological developments to important biological problems,” Maniatis recalls. Tom Maniatis…