COVID Won't be the Last Pandemic. A Top Biomedical Funder Seeks to Get Ahead of Emerging Pathogens

COVID Won't be the Last Pandemic. A Top Biomedical Funder Seeks to Get Ahead of Emerging Pathogens

With a $100 million commitment, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute is the latest funder backing research to prepare for pathogens with the potential to threaten human health, or even trigger new pandemics. 

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How Is Philanthropy Backing Science Journalism?

How Is Philanthropy Backing Science Journalism?

The pandemic drove home the need for quality science journalism, but the field has struggled along with the rest of the industry. Here are a few ways key funders are supporting training and coverage.

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Six Funders Who Are Prioritizing Diversity in STEM Higher Ed

Six Funders Who Are Prioritizing Diversity in STEM Higher Ed

Much of the philanthropic funding for higher education in STEM still fails to address disparities in those fields. Here are a few of the grantmakers we’re tracking who have been funding DEI in STEM higher ed.

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This Research Funding Giant Is Spending $1.5 Billion to Diversify Academic Science

This Research Funding Giant Is Spending $1.5 Billion to Diversify Academic Science

As part of an even larger diversity initiative, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute will extend long-term support to scientists from underrepresented backgrounds during the tough early years of their academic careers.

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How a Massive Science Funder Gives Biomedical Researchers Leeway to Work as They Choose

How a Massive Science Funder Gives Biomedical Researchers Leeway to Work as They Choose

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute awards one the most sought-after paychecks in the biomedical research field: $9 million over seven years, no strings attached. It’s spending $300 million on the latest round.

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Another Major Funder Throws its Weight Behind Open Access Scientific Publishing

Another Major Funder Throws its Weight Behind Open Access Scientific Publishing

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the largest private biomedical research institute in the U.S., just made a big move in support of free and immediate access in scientific publishing.

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The Sweetest Funding Gig for Biomedical Researchers Just Got Even Sweeter

The Sweetest Funding Gig for Biomedical Researchers Just Got Even Sweeter

HHMI’s Investigator program—already legendary for its flexible, long-term streams of funding—has now outdone itself, bumping up the period that it supports researchers to seven years. What’s behind this move?

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Does Long-Term Support Hold the Key to More Diversity Among STEM Professors and Researchers?

Does Long-Term Support Hold the Key to More Diversity Among STEM Professors and Researchers?

HHMI is known for putting researchers on its payroll. Its latest fellowship expands its commitment to diversity, providing up to eight years of support for young researchers from underrepresented backgrounds.

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STEM Diversity Grant Program Asks What it Takes to Create an Inclusive Campus Culture

STEM Diversity Grant Program Asks What it Takes to Create an Inclusive Campus Culture

HHMI is making $24 million in grants to schools that take a variety of approaches to increasing diversity in STEM subjects, with an eye on issues of belonging among students. What's the logic, here? 

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