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August 28, 2024Physicist Riccardo Rossi has received the 2024 Hermann Kümmel Early Achievement Award in Many-Body Physics for his groundbreaking research in computational quantum field theory. The award, established … -
August 28, 2024… and legislative staff. The fellows also met with staff leaders at the Simons Foundation, who are primary funders of the fellowship, after which they participated in an … -
August 15, 2024… treatment of monogenic syndromes associated with autism Cleyton Sobrinho, Ph.D. 2024 SFARI Fellow University of Connecticut Project: Disordered breathing in autism: screen for central and peripheral … -
August 14, 2024SFARI is pleased to announce the release of genetic data for 119 Autism BrainNet brain tissue samples, including whole genome and whole exome data. -
July 30, 2024The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the Simons Collaboration on Moduli of Varieties, directed by James McKernan at the University of California, San Diego … -
July 30, 2024… supercurrents, potentially revolutionizing various fields and significantly impacting society. -
July 1, 2024The new initiative will investigate substances called catalysts that accelerate chemical reactions. The development of new catalysts could help generate clean energy and reduce the environmental impact of … -
June 27, 2024… chair Shirley M. Tilghman; and co-founder and chair Marilyn H. Simons. -
June 17, 2024The Simons Foundation has announced the new Simons Dissertation Fellowship in Mathematics to provide research support to excellent graduate students in mathematics in the final years of their … -
June 12, 2024The funding will support researchers in answering basic scientific questions about proposed solar radiation management techniques — including identifying potentially hazardous side effects — to help policymakers make informed decisions. -
June 6, 2024SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund 14 grants in response to the 2023 Summer Pilot Award request for applications. -
June 3, 2024The observatory’s four telescopes will make the most precise measurements ever taken of the cosmic microwave background and reveal information about what happened just after the universe … -
May 30, 2024The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the 2024 class of Junior Fellows in the Simons Society of Fellows. These grants will be funded by the Simons Foundation … -
May 29, 2024… program is an initiative of the Leon Levy Foundation, which supports the preservation, understanding and expansion of knowledge, with a focus on the ancient world, arts and … -
May 16, 2024… Documentary Craft at Sundance and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Hellas Award at Thessaloniki, and went on to play at CPHDOX, HotDocs, and more. The film is … -
May 10, 2024… quantitative trading and became one of the most profitable investment firms in history. He then turned his focus to making a difference in the world through the … -
May 8, 2024Supported by the Simons Foundation, a large-scale sculpture placed in the heart of the Flatiron district connects the two iconic cities via livestream. -
May 7, 2024The International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) honored Center for Computational Neuroscience (CCN) research fellow Florentin Guth, CCN guest researcher Zahra Kadkhodaie, Center for Computational Mathematics (CCM) distinguished …
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May 7, 2024The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has elected Simons Foundation Executive Vice President of Autism and Neuroscience Kelsey Martin to its 2024 class of new members. Martin is … -
May 3, 2024The Simons Foundation and Simons Foundation International have named five scientists as 2024 Simons Early Career Investigators in Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Evolution. The three-year awards are … -
April 29, 2024The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected Marilyn H. Simons, board chair of the Simons Foundation, to its 2024 class of new members. Membership in the … -
April 24, 2024The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) has announced the members of its 2024 class of inductees. Among the honorees is Julianne Dalcanton, the director of the … -
April 16, 2024The Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) division is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to its Scientific Advisory Board: Angela V. Olinto and Sergiu Klainerman. -
April 16, 2024The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce that Samir Patel has joined Quanta Magazine as editor-in-chief. In the role, Patel will oversee the editorially independent publication … -
April 11, 2024The Association for Computing Machinery has named Avi Wigderson the winner of the 2023 A.M. Turing Award for his “foundational contributions to the theory of computation, including … -
April 4, 2024The Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities awarded quantum physicist Angel Rubio the Spanish National Research Prize for his achievements in predicting new properties of nanoscale materials … -
March 28, 2024The American Physical Society (APS) has named LaToya Anderson one of the top undergraduate presenters at its 2024 March Meeting in Minneapolis. Anderson is an associate research analyst … -
March 26, 2024The Simons Foundation is now accepting applications from undergraduate students to participate in its Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) program for the 2024–2025 academic year … -
March 20, 2024… Park Richard Schwartz Brown University Arul Shankar University of Toronto Hao Shen University of Wisconsin–Madison Pablo Shmerkin University of British Columbia Daniel Tataru University of California … -
March 11, 2024The Sandbox Fellowship is a comprehensive program that supports select Science Sandbox awardees to strengthen their foundations and to become more resilient. -
March 1, 2024The Simons Foundation and Simons Foundation International are now accepting applications for the next class of Pivot Fellows. The program provides funding for today’s brightest minds to … -
February 20, 2024The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded neuroscientist SueYeon Chung one of its prestigious research fellowships. The honor recognizes “early-career researchers whose creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments … -
February 20, 2024… science. CUNY’s faculty and students will be a vital part of this scientific revolution.” -
February 20, 2024STEM From Dance and Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics each received five-year grants to chart paths toward sustainability and continued long-term impact. -
February 16, 2024Simons Investigators in Aquatic Microbial Ecology Brett Baker and Alyson Santoro have been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology. The honor is “based on their records of … -
February 15, 2024The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography has named oceanographer Elizabeth B. Kujawinski the winner of the 2024 Evelyn Hutchinson Award. The honor recognizes mid-career … -
January 26, 2024Last month, Flatiron Institute postdoc Miro Astore received the Young Biophysicist Award at the 47th Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Biophysics. The award was established in … -
January 25, 2024… received a National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communications partly for his work on “The Joy of Why.” Celebrating more than 20 … -
January 23, 2024SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund three grants in response to the 2023 Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science request for applications. -
January 19, 2024New phenotypic data from Simons Searchlight participants were recently added to SFARI Base. This release includes data from individuals with 94 gene changes and 15 copy number variants … -
January 18, 2024SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund three collaborative projects in response to the 2023 Cross-Species Studies of ASD request for applications. -
December 11, 2023… the assumption that gravity works in the same way from macroscopic scales all the way down to the submicron level. Jason Hogan of Stanford University will lead … -
December 8, 2023For the first time, the five Flatiron Institute research centers (astrophysics, biology, mathematics, neuroscience and quantum physics), as well as its Scientific Computing Core and the Foundation Models … -
November 13, 2023… to map out — neuron by neuron — how individual insects respond to an imaginary predator; and a photo gallery of people with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease describing … -
November 10, 2023Check out these presentations from SCGB PIs and trainees at the SFN conference November on 11-15. -
November 9, 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 … -
November 9, 2023Check out these presentations from SCPAB PIs and trainees at the SFN conference on November 11-15. -
November 9, 2023… International and Public Affairs, and the Pratt Institute, where he specialized in urban energy systems and policy, often focusing on New York City. He also co-founded …