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SFARI is pleased to announce that Simons Searchlight has released new data from over 5,600 individuals with autism and/or a related neurodevelopmental disorder. -
The open-source modeling platform GeoClaw enables scientists to predict and prepare for deadly natural disasters by simulating complex geophysical flows. -
A collaboration between film writer, director and editor Na’ama Keha and Flatiron Institute Research Fellow Lucia Perez provides an artful exploration of interiority and the unknown. -
The Simons Emmy Noether Fellowship Program, supported by the Simons Foundation, supports and encourages early- and mid-career women and all under-represented groups in physics. -
The fellowship, named in honor of foundation co-founder Jim Simons, provides research support to exceptional graduate students in mathematics. -
A collaboration between documentary filmmaker and creative director Kyle Finnegan and Flatiron Institute Research Fellow Lieke van Son irreverently confronts the gravitational waves rippling through the universe, specifically … -
Ripples in the fabric of space-time called gravitational waves generated by the event were detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration and analyzed by Flatiron Institute … -
… stop+frameshift (c.2485dupA). To test if SINEUPs targeting CHD8 could be effective in vivo, the scientists turned toward an established zebrafish model of Chd8 haploinsufficiency, chd8p … -
This collaboration between filmmaker and video editor Anne Sofie Nørskov and Flatiron Institute Research Fellow Mahsa Mofidi brings the vibrant world of microtubules to life. -
Leaders in mathematics, science and philanthropy gathered on June 27, 2025, to remember the incredible contributions of Jim Simons and to inspire continued philanthropic support of basic research. -
The International Congress of Mathematics brings together the world’s leading mathematicians for collaboration and inspiration. -
Writer, director, producer and editor Grace Zhang and Flatiron Institute Research Fellow Bargeen Turzo partnered to create a poetic exploration of hinge proteins. -
An analysis of more than 5,000 individuals with autism reveals four distinct groups that link autism-related traits with underlying genetics. The work could open the door … -
The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce that mathematical physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf has rejoined its board of trustees. Dijkgraaf was a board member from 2021 to 2022 before … -
Flatiron Institute astrophysicist Carrie Filion and filmmaker Em Oliver collaborated to create a film telling the story of the universe’s beauty through sound. -
… which comprises around 85 percent of the universe’s mass yet fundamentally differs from any known type of matter. She is investigating whether dark matter is composed … -
The Simons Foundation and Simons Foundation International have named six scientists as 2025 Simons Early Career Investigators in Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Evolution. The two-year awards are … -
SFARI is pleased to launch a new RFA that aims to provide researchers with the support needed to allocate time and personnel toward working with and publishing from … -
… Catherine Searle Wichita State University Khrystyna Serhiyenko University of Kentucky Romyar Sharifi University of California, Los Angeles Sug Woo Shin University of California, Berkeley Kyler Siegel University … -
A collaboration between filmmaker John Marty and Flatiron Institute biomolecular scientist Vikram Mulligan explores designing custom molecules. -
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience has selected Associate Research Scientist Alex Williams of the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Neuroscience as a 2025 McKnight Scholar. The … -
As the largest-ever collection of data from youth with autism who have high support needs, this resource will accelerate research into an understudied population. -
The two-week-long Symbiosis program yielded six experimental short films about basic science. -
Physicists at Harvard University and the Flatiron Institute have chilled a quantum system called the Hubbard model to temperatures far below those previously reached by such a system … -
… aims to understand how inflammatory events and the crosstalk between immune cells and tissues shape tissue resilience or dysfunction, particularly during critical windows of life such as … -
Autism BrainNet is pleased to announce the release of genetic data for 27 new brain samples. The data release brings the total number of brain samples with available … -
Simons Foundation grants are helping the Ukrainian research community keep going and maintain their work in the face of the ongoing war. More than 430 grantees are receiving … -
The Abacus Bee, a friendly math competition run by the American Printing House for the Blind, fosters community and confidence for blind and low vision kids. -
The Simons Foundation’s Life Sciences division is now accepting applications for its Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution awards. The deadline for fellowship applications is July … -
The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) will be held in July 2026 in Philadelphia. The 2026 congress will carry on a history of international collaboration that stretches back … -
In these videos, leading neuroscientists share discoveries, memories and lessons from their international collaboration to map the neural processes behind cognition. -
The short film, Jim Simons: Life and Philanthropy, explores Simons’ life and his impact on math, science, investing and philanthropy. -
The publication picked up awards for best launch of a media brand, best profile, best single article and the overall top prize. -
Announcing the awardees of Open Interval, a collaborative program for artists, scientists and arts organizations. -
In quantum physics, there’s no such thing as truly empty space. Even the barest of voids has quantum fluctuations, such as particles continually being created and quickly … -
The documentary chronicles the ongoing quest to uncover the origins of the universe. -
A healthy diet outperforms fecal transplants in restoring and protecting the gut microbiome, according to new research published in Nature by the Simons Foundation’s Joy Bergelson and … -
SFARI will fund 18 meetings, with a focus on groups in the Simons Searchlight community, that bring together scientists and patient communities to share recent advancements and discuss … -
SFARI is pleased to announce it will fund five projects investigating the influence of autism-associated risk genes on early neurodevelopment and links to later circuit-level functional …
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The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has elected 150 new members to join its ranks. Among the inductees are 10 scientists who have served as Simons Foundation investigators … -
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) recently named nearly 250 new members, including 11 scientists and mathematicians who have received funding from the Simons Foundation. The … -
… region and raises awareness among local government funding agencies about the importance of supporting astronomy research. The MPS target grant will support Cenca Bridge’s three-month … -
… team included researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel; Queen Mary University of London and University College London; the University of Iowa in … -
… National Magazine Award for Best Single-Topic Issue, and additional series are slated for later in the year. “We hope that these ambitious projects reflect the depth … -
… high-resolution mapping of social behavior, this AI-driven approach offers new possibilities for studying autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders as well as identifying more precise interventions. -
The International Congress of Basic Science has named Simons Fellow George Lusztig as one of this year’s recipients of its Basic Science Lifetime Award (BSLA) in Mathematics … -
Flatiron Institute researchers have identified a previously unknown way to make the universe’s heaviest atoms, such as gold, platinum and uranium. They calculate that a single flare … -
… “The Webb Space Telescope Will Rewrite Cosmic History. If It Works.” That piece was also a finalist for the National Magazine Award for Reporting. “This kind of …