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Eero Simoncelli, director of the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Neuroscience (CCN), has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. He joins 119 national and 25 …

To enable bold and innovative new directions in autism research, the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) welcomes applications for its recently launched New Ideas grant program. These …

… rigor, proposals are evaluated on how clearly they articulate their relevance to autism and related NDDs. We encourage applicants to familiarize themselves with the current landscape of …

Flatiron Institute Senior Research Scientist Pilar Cossio builds tools to analyze experimental measurements and reveal how environmental changes alter the behavior of RNA molecules.

Mathematician Charles Epstein of the Simons Foundation’s Flatiron Institute was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on April 22. He joins leaders in the …

The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is funding 16 projects through its 2025 Data Analysis awards. This award is designed to encourage the use of large, publicly …

By tracking galaxy clusters hundreds of millions of light-years apart, researchers found the prevailing model of gravity still holds, reinforcing evidence for the existence of dark matter.

Analysis of a first-of-its-kind experiment reveals missing pieces in the decades-old theory of superconductivity.

… fortuitous. At the heart of the founding of the U.S. are ideals including acceptance, tolerance and openness. “We want to make the ICM as welcoming a …

… Astrophysics Group at ICISE (SAGI), facilitating robust collaborative research in theoretical physics and astrophysics in Vietnam. Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) SFI will provide funding for …

… Florian Pop University of Pennsylvania Anantharam Raghuram Fordham University Emily Riehl Johns Hopkins University Arnd Scheel University of Minnesota Andreas Seeger University of Wisconsin–Madison Anne Shiu …

… learning-related differences in sensory function. By revealing how disrupted cortical–midbrain communication interferes with the flexible interpretation of environmental cues, this work offers a framework for …

These awards support interdisciplinary research into the sex bias associated with autism and its underlying biological mechanisms.

The tool extends the capabilities of AlphaFold — a Nobel Prize–winning AI that predicts how proteins fold — by directly learning from raw experimental data.

… SVs4, making it difficult to identify those relevant to disease. Comparing variants within families and against hundreds of long-read reference pangenomes allowed the team to filter …

A new atlas of aging in the killifish tracks how organs change over time, revealing processes implicated in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. The study also creates …

… and commitment to the foundation’s mission.

… Cerbo about the broad array of technologies needed to understand neuroscience. At the time, “I found myself really drawn to the different techniques and protocols to better …

Recent SFARI-funded research challenges the idea that autism represents a single condition driven by a uniform set of genetic risk factors. Instead, the results support a developmental …

The Simons Foundation is now accepting applications from undergraduate students to participate in its Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) program for the 2026–2027 academic year …

SFARI-funded research demonstrates that activating serotonergic 5HT2c receptors leads to an increase in intracellular calcium, early-response gene expression and elevated protein secretion into cerebrospinal fluid.

Huang explores how symmetries and structure can help reveal new insights into the universe, aiding discovery in everything from cosmology to the development of fusion energy.

… PAG-organized conference, you can explore the Conference Grant Support for Rare Neurodevelopmental Disorder Communities Participating in Simons Searchlight RFA. Applicants must submit a letter of intent …

The Simons Foundation is now accepting applications for the next class of Pivot Fellows, offering a unique opportunity for researchers ready to bring their expertise to a new …

The Simons Foundation is supporting events nationwide and co-producing an event with the Brooklyn Public Library featuring a keynote by filmmaker Werner Herzog.

… that Quanta has released over the last two years. September 2024’s “The Unraveling of Space-Time” received the National Magazine Award for Best Single-Topic Issue …

Nuclear fusion reactors hold the promise of abundant, low-emission energy, but many obstacles remain before they will be viable for practical use. Since its inception in 2018 …

Meet the artists, scientists, and arts organizations selected to produce new artworks in connection with the Simons Foundation’s Infinite Sums initiative.

A team of astronomers led by the Flatiron Institute’s Kishalay De discovered that a star in the Andromeda Galaxy disappeared without going supernova, and instead collapsed directly …

Flatiron Institute scientists and experimental collaborators tested a theory that treats chromosome-separating cellular structures called spindles as active liquid crystals. They found that the theory largely succeeds …

SFARI-funded research finds that RAPGEF4 is a key molecular regulator orchestrating prefrontal cortical maturation in primates.

The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is pleased to announce a new data release from Simons Searchlight aimed at improving the scientific understanding of autism.

SFARI-funded research demonstrates that SCN8A mutations underlying DEE-13 disrupt both cortical and hippocampal networks, but in distinct ways.

The interdisciplinary research and training hub will work to unlock the mysteries of planetary climates.

While artificial intelligence systems have advanced tremendously in recent years, they still lag behind the performance of real brains in reliability and efficiency. A new type of computational …

The Simons Foundation is partnering with the Brooklyn Museum to highlight the math behind fashion designer Iris van Herpen’s Sculpting the Senses exhibition.

Inspired by a desire to understand how things work, Flatiron Research Fellow Adrian Bayer studies the structure of galaxies and the remnant heat from the universe’s creation …

Quantum simulator using ultracold atoms reveals how subtle magnetic patterns shape one of the most puzzling states of matter.

On September 29, 2025, the SFARI Autism Rat Consortium (ARC) held its annual meeting in the Usher Institute of the University of Edinburgh. This year’s event brought …

The public lecture series highlights the latest research in mathematics and the basic sciences.

Bacteria tails rotate counterclockwise to propel the bacteria through liquid environments and clockwise to change direction. Previous research has suggested that the direction of the spin depends on …

… who studies power, and they talked about how important hierarchies are if you need something to happen quickly. But if you want things to be done in …

The program provides institutions with financial support to create new software-focused positions.

A look back at the year’s biggest discoveries and defining stories.

Simons Searchlight offers open-source data and tools to researchers worldwide who study autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions.

… that was linked to me, rather than an institution, supported me to act on my thoughts of applying to faculty positions in India and elsewhere. What else …

… has shown that this inhibitory synchronicity is indeed a driver of seizure vulnerability. Mapping the Senses of Internal Organs Fellows-to-Faculty member Chen Ran, an assistant …

… fellowship encouraged you to collaborate with people in different fields? Absolutely. Once a year or twice a year, for as long as you’re a grantee, you …