BIOS-SCOPE Collaboration Investigator Elizabeth B. Kujawinski Wins G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award
Simons Foundation, February 2024The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography has named oceanographer Elizabeth B. Kujawinski the winner of the 2024 Evelyn Hutchinson Award.
Simons Foundation Funds More Than 100 Events for April Solar Eclipse
Simons Foundation, February 2024On April 8, 2024, tens of millions of Americans will share one of the universe’s most spectacular events: a total eclipse of the sun by the moon. As the moon’s shadow crosses the United States from Texas to Maine, the Simons Foundation and its partners will offer opportunities for everyone along that path to engage with the spectacle and science of the eclipse.
Quanta Magazine Partners With PRX and Cosmologist Janna Levin for Season 3 of ‘The Joy of Why’ Podcast
Simons Foundation, January 2024For two seasons of Quanta Magazine’s “The Joy of Why” podcast, mathematician and author Steven Strogatz has invited listeners to learn about the questions that drive the work of leading researchers.
Together, Math and Science Foundations Fund ‘Tabletop’ Physics That Could Transform Our Understanding of the Universe
Simons Foundation, December 2023Physics breakthroughs don’t always require city-sized particle colliders or giant radio telescope arrays. The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Simons Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation have partnered to fund 11 innovative “tabletop” experiments, many of which will explore realms of physics typically probed by large-scale facilities.
Two SFARI Investigators Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Simons Foundation, November 2023This year’s new cohort of National Academy of Medicine members includes two investigators funded by the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI). Election to the academy “recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.”
New York Climate Exchange Selects Stephen Hammer as First CEO
Simons Foundation, November 2023Today, the New York Climate Exchange, a first of its kind organization in New York City working on innovative climate solutions, announced Stephen Hammer as its founding chief executive officer. Hammer is a leading global climate policy expert who has served as the top climate advisor at the World Bank for the last decade.
Article cross-posted on the Simons Foundation International website.
Independence Fellow Abhilasha Joshi Receives Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award
Simons Foundation, November 2023The Society for Neuroscience has awarded neuroscientist Abhilasha Joshi its Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award, which recognizes “young neuroscientists for outstanding research and educational pursuit in an international setting.” The award is supported by the Gruber Foundation and includes a $25,000 prize and travel to the Society for Neuroscience’s annual meeting. The award announcement highlights Joshi’s work on the ties between locomotion and memory in rodents, which has implications for better understanding the links between cognitive and motor deficits in healthy aging and aging-associated disorders.
Quanta Magazine and Simons Foundation Writers Win 3 Awards for Excellence in Science Communications
Simons Foundation, November 2023Three of this year’s winners of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications are being honored for their contributions to Quanta Magazine and the Simons Foundation website.
SUNY’s Rockefeller Institute of Government and the Simons Foundation are Bringing Together Scientists and State Leaders
Simons Foundation, October 2023Every year, government leaders in New York State make decisions on complex issues, such as energy, the environment, and public health that affect the state’s 20 million residents and have broader impacts across the country and planet.
The State University of New York’s Rockefeller Institute of Government and the Simons Foundation have launched a new initiative to bring additional science and technology expertise into that critical decision-making process.
Announcement made jointly with the Rockefeller Institute of Government.