Cori Bargmann Joins Simons Foundation Board of Directors
Simons Foundation, January 2023The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce that neurobiologist and geneticist Cori Bargmann has joined its board of directors.
How the ‘Hell Planet’ Got So Hot
Simons Foundation, December 2022New research sheds light on how the “hell planet” got so devilishly hot and how other worlds might become too toasty for life. That rocky world, 55 Cnc e (nicknamed “Janssen”), orbits its star so closely that a year lasts just 18 hours, its surface is a giant lava ocean, and its interior may be chock-full of diamond.
Simons Foundation Opens Applications for Independence Awards
Simons Foundation, November 2022The Simons Foundation is committed to supporting scientists as they transition from mentored training to their first independent research positions. To that end, the foundation offers three independence awards through its Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI), Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB) and Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain (SCPAB).
Grantee Spotlight: Stony Brook University
Simons Foundation International, November 2022When New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller broke ground on Stony Brook University in 1960, he set an ambitious goal for the fledgling institution: to become “the Berkeley of the East.”
New Flatiron Institute Supercomputer the Most Power-Efficient Ever Built
Simons Foundation, November 2022A new supercomputer operated by the Flatiron Institute in New York City tops the latest Green500 List of the most power-efficient supercomputers in the world.
Simons Foundation Seeks Proposals for New Neuroscience Collaborations
Simons Foundation, November 2022The brain holds some of science’s greatest mysteries. Today, the Simons Foundation is sending out a call for proposed neuroscience collaborations that will conduct bold transformational research into how our brains work.
Simons Foundation Dedicates the Marion T. Greenup Conference Center
Simons Foundation, November 2022During a ceremony on November 9, the Simons Foundation inaugurated its new conference center, naming it after its vice president of administration, Marion Greenup. The newly christened Marion T. Greenup Conference Center at the Simons Foundation’s headquarters in New York City will host collaborative meetings between mathematicians, scientists and foundation staff.
Applications Open for 2023 – 2024 Flatiron Institute Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Advocacy (IDEA) Scholar Program
Simons Foundation, November 2022The Simons Foundation welcomes applications for its next class of Flatiron Institute Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Advocacy (IDEA) scholars. The program invites distinguished scientists interested in increasing diversity and improving equity and inclusion in the sciences for extended visits at the foundation’s intramural computational research division, the Flatiron Institute.
Three Past and Present Members of the Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain Receive NIH’s New Innovator Award
Simons Foundation, October 2022The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recognized three outstanding current and former members of the Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB) with the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. The honor “supports exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects in the biomedical, behavioral or social sciences within the NIH mission.”
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Alain Aspect, a Principal Investigator for the Simons Collaboration on Localization of Waves
Simons Foundation, October 2022For their work exploring “quantum weirdness” and “spooky action at a distance,” quantum physicists Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger have received the 2022 Nobel Prize in physics. Aspect is a principal investigator for the Simons Collaboration on Localization of Waves.