Fast Forward (RAF grant partner) to bolster nine emerging tech nonprofits through its 2017 summer accelerator…

Inside Philanthropy article highlights RAF’s Scholars program and the intrinsic connection between science and democracy…

Apply by June 30 to spend a year at WGBH Boston developing ways to reach new audiences and improve science communication.

Camila dos Santos (2016 RAF Scholar) and colleagues have found a potential target for killing breast cancer cells—a protein important for stem cell self-renewal.

Carl Nathan (1984 RAF Scholar and Scientific Advisory Committee member) has received the 2017 Heritage Healthcare Innovation Award.

Ronald Vale (1989 RAF Scholar) has won the Shaw Prize in Life Sciences and Medicine for the discovery of molecular motor proteins.

The Internet Archive (RAF grant partner) has received a Webby Lifetime Achievement Award “for its unflagging commitment to making the world’s knowledge available online.”…

A study led by Alex Kentsis (2016 RAF Scholar) has yielded new insights into how a “jumping gene” contributes to pediatric cancers.

The Foundation’s 2016 Report to Community features stories of collaboration and learning in the areas of scientific discovery; media and public engagement; and more.

RAF is partnering with the Center for Cooperative Media to fund collaborative reporting projects that will enrich public-interest journalism.