Description Join our entrepreneurial team working to advance discovery science, collaborative philanthropy, and holistic approaches to strengthening science and democracy. We are looking for a boundary-spanning, early-career innovator to support the Foundation’s leadership as a pioneering discovery science funder and civic science field builder—extending learning, networks, and successes of the…
Mariette DiChristina, Dean of the College of Communication at Boston University, has been elected to the Rita Allen Foundation Board of Directors. DiChristina, whose term begins immediately, is an internationally recognized science journalist and prominent advocate for science communication. She tirelessly promotes the importance of accessible and accurate science reporting and brings…
Applications for the 2025 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award in Pain are open through December 11, 2024. Since 2009, the Rita Allen Foundation has provided a special award for early-career leaders in basic pain research whose work holds high potential for uncovering new pathways to improve the treatment of chronic…
In a new article for “Science at the Ballot Box,” a new series published by Nautilus magazine in partnership with the Aspen Institute Science and Society Program, 2024 Civic Science Fellow Michael Akinwumi, Rita Allen Foundation President and CEO Elizabeth Christopherson, Rutgers Eagleton Institute of Politics Science and Politics Program Director…
Seven pioneering scientists selected for major biomedical research grants. The Rita Allen Foundation has named its 2024 class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholars, celebrating seven early-career leaders in the biomedical sciences whose research holds exceptional promise for revealing new pathways to advance human health. The…
The pioneering Civic Science Fellows program—designed to catalyze progress toward a future where all people can shape science to expand its benefits and horizons—welcomes more than 40 new and returning partner organizations, connecting diverse sectors and disciplines including journalism, scientific research, social sciences, medicine, communications, public engagement, and philanthropy.
Join the Civic Science Fellows network on Wednesday, March 27, from 12–1:00 p.m. ET for Civic Science Connect: When Art and Science Collaborate, part of the Civic Science Connect series. WATCH HERE The session will: Explore how art–science collaborations can expand the benefits and horizons of…
David Nirenberg, Director and Leon Levy Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, has been elected to the Rita Allen Foundation Board of Directors. Nirenberg, whose term begins immediately, is a historian of society and ideas, an author and a public intellectual, and an academic leader advancing the ability of different…
How can new generations prepare to lead in a future that is unknown? Drawing from a growing body of evidence-informed practice and practice-informed research, a team of Civic Science Fellows, contributors, and advisors have drafted the Civic Science Career Roadmap as a starting point for reflection,…
To help raise awareness of the chronic pain epidemic that impacts the lives of approximately 20 precent of Americans, the Science Philanthropy Alliance and Rita Allen Foundation have collaborated on a new blog post as part of “Pain Awareness Month.” So many big questions regarding pain are unanswered. Elizabeth Christopherson,…