The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the newest recipients of its Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN). The 75 talented undergraduates will gain hands-on research experience and contribute to neuroscience research.
Early this year, the foundation commenced a rebranding initiative to unite its component programs under one visual identity and unified mission.
The A.G. Huntsman Foundation has selected Mick Follows as the recipient of the 2023 A.G. Huntsman Award. Follows is a professor of oceanography at MIT and the director of the Simons Collaboration on Computational Biogeochemical Modeling of Marine Ecosystems (CBIOMES).
The Breakthrough Prize Foundation has named Simon Brendle the winner of the 2024 Breakthrough Prize in mathematics for his work in the field of differential geometry.
On September 14, the Breakthrough Prize Foundation named Oliver Philcox as one of the winners of the 2024 New Horizons Prize in Physics. The honor recognizes early-career researchers who have substantially impacted their field.
The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of its prestigious independence awards. The 13 fellows will receive support as they transition from mentored training to independent research positions.
A new study led by the Flatiron Institute’s Aavishkar Patel has identified a mechanism that explains the unusual behavior of strange metals, considered one of the greatest open challenges in condensed matter physics.
Mathematician Svitlana Mayboroda has been named the winner of the 2023 Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists in the physical sciences and engineering category.
The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce that Brett Dakin has joined the foundation as senior vice president and general counsel. As the foundation’s first chief legal officer, Dakin will oversee the legal and compliance teams and provide legal advice and strategic guidance to the organization’s leadership and board of directors.
Secrets hide in the twinkling of stars.
A research team led by scientists at the Flatiron Institute and Northwestern University has created first-of-their-kind computer simulations showing how churning deep in a star’s depths can cause the star’s light to flicker. This effect is different from the visible twinkling of stars in the night sky caused by Earth’s atmosphere.