Of Mice and Men: How Paul Allen's Giving Set the Stage for an Ambitious Effort to Map the Human Brain

Of Mice and Men: How Paul Allen's Giving Set the Stage for an Ambitious Effort to Map the Human Brain

Twenty years ago, Paul Allen's Institute for Brain Science launched with a project to map the mouse brain. Now, the NIH has tapped the institute to manage a global collaboration to map the human brain.

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Three Years After His Death, a Gift from Paul Allen's Estate Is Backing Leading-Edge Cancer Research

Three Years After His Death, a Gift from Paul Allen's Estate Is Backing Leading-Edge Cancer Research

Shortly after his passing, Paul Allen’s estate made a $20 million gift to Swedish Health Services, where Allen received care during his battle with lymphoma. That gift is now funding a promising new approach to cancer treatment.

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Inside Vulcan, a New Model for Solving Some of the World’s Biggest Problems

Inside Vulcan, a New Model for Solving Some of the World’s Biggest Problems

Before he died last fall, the billionaire Paul Allen built up a powerful in-house capacity at his company, Vulcan Inc., to tackle urgent issues like wildlife protection and climate change. IP editor David Callahan takes an inside look at its unique strategy for impact.

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Head and Heart: An Unusual Partnership to Break New Ground in Biomedical Research

Head and Heart: An Unusual Partnership to Break New Ground in Biomedical Research

Foundations and research groups increasingly see out-of-the-box collaborations as holding the key to faster medical breakthroughs. Which explains why a top brain funder and heart organization are teaming up.

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What's Behind Paul Allen's Big New Give for Artificial Intelligence?

What's Behind Paul Allen's Big New Give for Artificial Intelligence?

While a number of philanthropists have fixated on the dangers of AI, Paul Allen is focused on its potential and just gave another $125 million for research. What's he thinking? 

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Could This Major Grant by Paul Allen Signal Deeper Climate Giving to Come?

Could This Major Grant by Paul Allen Signal Deeper Climate Giving to Come?

The Microsoft billionaire is granting $4 million to an NOAA researcher to take a marine climate research project to new depths. The grant comes amid signs that more climate change funding may be on the way.

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Way Out on the Frontiers of Science: What is Paul Allen Up To?

Way Out on the Frontiers of Science: What is Paul Allen Up To?

The Microsoft billionaire is giving tens of millions of dollars to support "out-of-the-box approaches at the very edges of knowledge." What does that look like in practice, exactly? 

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Paul Allen Unveils a Music Festival and Seattle Shrugs. What's the Lesson Here?

Paul Allen Unveils a Music Festival and Seattle Shrugs. What's the Lesson Here?

Pushback to Paul Allen's planned music festival suggests that while maverick mega-donors don't face conventional checks on their giving, they nonetheless have to answer to critics. 

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State of Emergency: Behind Paul Allen's Anti-Homelessness Push in Seattle

State of Emergency: Behind Paul Allen's Anti-Homelessness Push in Seattle

Now worth $20 billion, Paul Allen's giving continues to expand, including in his home region of the Pacific Northwest, where he's emerged as a big backer of efforts to tackle homelessness.  

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Paul Allen's Latest Big Move: A Major Campus Gift to Build a Science Powerhouse

Paul Allen's Latest Big Move: A Major Campus Gift to Build a Science Powerhouse

At the age of 64, with a $20 billion fortune and no heirs, Allen has a lot of work to do in moving money out the door. So why not scale up science and research at his hometown public university?

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