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  1. Independence Fellow Abhilasha Joshi Receives Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award

    November 8, 2023
    The Society for Neuroscience has awarded neuroscientist Abhilasha Joshi its Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award, which recognizes “young neuroscientists for outstanding research and educational pursuit in …
  2. Quanta Magazine and Simons Foundation Writers Win 3 Awards for Excellence in Science Communications

    November 2, 2023
    … independent publication launched by the Simons Foundation to illuminate big ideas in science and math through public service journalism. Quanta’s reporters and editors focus on developments …
  3. Neuroscience 2023: Presentations by SFARI Investigators

    October 31, 2023
    A number of presentations will be given by SFARI Investigators at Neuroscience 2023, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
  4. Simons Foundation Announces Second Class of Pivot Fellowship Recipients

    October 6, 2023
    … the marine ecosystem and ultimately the climate. Rachel Collin As a marine biologist with expertise in aquatic invertebrates, Rachel Collin focuses on documenting tropical biodiversity and understanding …
  5. Announcing “In The Path of Totality”

    October 3, 2023
    A new initiative to celebrate and support work around the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse.
  6. Simons Foundation Announces Next Class of Neuroscience Undergraduate Research Fellows

    September 26, 2023
    … Vy Nguyen University of Utah Ana Carolina Odebrecht Vergne de Abreu University of Essex Brenner Philbrook University of Washington Luisa Quispe Brandeis University Aya Sahib University of …
  7. Science Sandbox: Changing our Visual Identity

    September 19, 2023
    While our logo is going away, our mission to support boundary-pushing science engagement will stay the same.
  8. Simons Foundation Unveils New Logo and Visual Identity

    September 18, 2023
    … internal research division devoted to computational science, the Flatiron Institute, also received its own revised logo as part of the refresh, one closely related to the new …
  9. CBIOMES Director Mick Follows Wins 2023 A.G. Huntsman Award

    September 14, 2023
    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 …
  10. Simons Investigator Simon Brendle Awarded Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics

    September 14, 2023
    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. Brendle is …
  11. Simons Society of Fellows Junior Fellow Oliver Philcox Awarded New Horizons Prize

    September 14, 2023
    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 …
  12. New $50 Million Institute Aims To Use the Power of Math to Model, Predict Biological Processes

    September 14, 2023
    The National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology will bring together mathematical and biological scientists to make new advances in challenging and potentially high-reward research areas.
  13. Simons Foundation Announces 13 Recipients of 2023 Independence Awards

    September 12, 2023
    … corticocerebellar perturbations Daniel Pederick, Ph.D. Stanford University SFARI BTI Fellow Project: Investigating tonotopy in autism Greta Pintacuda, D.Phil. Broad Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology SFARI …
  14. Foundation Announces the Simons Collaboration on Perfection in Algebra, Geometry and Topology

    August 21, 2023
    The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the Simons Collaboration on Perfection in Algebra, Geometry and Topology, directed by Martin Olsson of the University of …
  15. Foundation Announces the Simons Collaboration on Extreme Electrodynamics of Compact Sources

    August 21, 2023
    … mechanics, to interface with the microphysical view. In this way, it is hoped to choose between several competing models and to interface with a parallel investigation involving …
  16. Foundation Announces the Simons Collaboration on Celestial Holography

    August 21, 2023
    … unrealistic, it could usefully guide the bottom-up construction of a hologram for the natural world. Fortuitously, there has been a recent explosion of complementary advances in …
  17. Mathematician Svitlana Mayboroda Receives the 2023 Blavatnik National Award

    August 17, 2023
    … University of Missouri in Columbia. Her research focuses on analysis and partial differential equations, particularly on the localization of waves. The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New …
  18. SPARK July 2023 Update: New Phenotypic Data Available

    August 15, 2023
    Phenotypic data from 328,973 participants enrolled in SPARK, including 132,138 individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), are now available to approved researchers. Genomic data are also …
  19. Brett Dakin Joins Simons Foundation as General Counsel

    July 31, 2023
    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 …
  20. Shirley Ho Named a Finalist for the 2023 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists

    July 26, 2023
    … joined NYU as a research professor of physics. The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences will celebrate Ho alongside the other finalists and …
  21. Neuroscientist SueYeon Chung Awarded a Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship

    July 5, 2023
    The Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund has announced that neuroscientist SueYeon Chung is one of this year’s recipients of a prestigious Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neuroscience.
  22. From the bioRxiv: A Selection of Recently Posted Papers From SCPAB Investigators and Others

    June 24, 2023
    Each month, SCPAB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCPAB community and beyond.
  23. From the bioRxiv: A Selection of Recently Posted Papers From SCGB Investigators and Others

    June 10, 2023
    Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond.
  24. Postponing the Launch of the Upcoming RFA on Genomics of ASD

    June 1, 2023
    Earlier this year we announced here that this summer we would be issuing a request for applications (RFA) for the Genomics of ASD grants. However, as we have …
  25. Simons Foundation Announces Historic $500 Million Gift to Stony Brook University Endowment

    June 1, 2023
    The Simons Foundation’s contribution is the largest unrestricted endowment gift to a higher education institution in American history.
  26. From the bioRxiv: A Selection of Recently Posted Papers From SCPAB Investigators and Others

    May 20, 2023
    Each month, SCPAB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCPAB community and beyond.
  27. From the bioRxiv: A Selection of Recently Posted Papers From SCGB Investigators and Others

    May 16, 2023
    Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond.
  28. Science, Society and Culture at the Simons Foundation

    May 12, 2023
    … footprint, with a focus on areas of the country that have fewer traditional science engagement opportunities than cities like Boston or San Francisco. Our first initiative centers …
  29. First Class of Stony Brook Simons STEM Scholars Announced

    May 10, 2023
    … as mentors and role models. Cabrera was a Scholar in a similar program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, called the Meyerhoff Scholars Program. That program …
  30. 2023 Simons Investigators in Aquatic Microbial Ecology Announced

    May 9, 2023
    The Simons Foundation has named seven scientists as 2023 Simons Investigators in Aquatic Microbial Ecology. The five-year awards are intended to support outstanding recently tenured investigators in …
  31. Simons Foundation Renames Neuroscience Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program in Honor of Krishna Shenoy

    May 5, 2023
    … collaboration and mentorship of early-career researchers will live on in SURFiN, Picchini Schaffer says.
  32. Center for Computational Quantum Physics Announces New NYC Graduate Fellows

    May 1, 2023
    … made profound discoveries in superconductivity, statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics. The celebrated Hohenberg-Kohn theorem is foundational to CCQ’s work. The 2023 Pierre Hohenberg Fellow will …
  33. Ramamurti Shankar, Yale University, Joins the MPS Scientific Advisory Board

    April 28, 2023
    … Sciences and was a Visiting Professor at the Ecole Normale Superieure, Simons Professor KITP Santa Barbara , and Distinguished Visiting Professor the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He …
  34. 2023 Class of Junior Fellows Joins the Simons Society of Fellows

    April 27, 2023
    The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the 2023 class of Junior Fellows in the Simons Society of Fellows. The 10 researchers are outstanding early-career scientists and …
  35. Stony Brook University Selected To Operate Center for Climate Solutions on New York’s Governors Island

    April 24, 2023
    … the social and practical challenges created by climate change — including research that becomes commercially viable and ideas that lead to immediate action on the local and global …
  36. From the bioRxiv: A Selection of Recently Posted Papers From SCPAB Investigators and Others

    April 12, 2023
    Each month, SCPAB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCPAB community and beyond.
  37. MPS Announces New Scientific Advisory Board Members

    March 31, 2023
    … at Syracuse University in 2000, and was promoted to Professor, holding the Alumni Chair, in 2007, before moving to Penn in 2009. He has held visiting positions …
  38. From the bioRxiv: A Selection of Recently Posted Papers From SCPAB Investigators and Others

    March 31, 2023
    Each month, SCPAB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCPAB community and beyond.
  39. From the bioRxiv: A Selection of Recently Posted Papers From SCGB Investigators and Others

    March 28, 2023
    Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond.
  40. 2022 Genomics of ASD: Pathways to Genetic Therapies Awardees Announced

    March 23, 2023
    SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund 15 grants in response to the 2022 Genomics of ASD: Pathways to Genetic Therapies request for applications.
  41. Simons Foundation Accepting Applications for Neuroscience Undergraduate Research Fellowships

    March 23, 2023
    The Simons Foundation is now accepting applications from undergraduate students to participate in the Simons Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience, or SURFiN, for the 2023–2024 academic …
  42. 2023 Simons Fellows in Mathematics Announced

    March 6, 2023
    The Simons Foundation congratulates the outstanding mathematicians who have been awarded Simons Fellowships in 2023. The Simons Fellows program extends academic leaves from one term to a full …
  43. Simons Foundation Now Accepting Applications for Second Class of Pivot Fellows

    March 1, 2023
    The Simons Foundation is now accepting applications for its second class of Pivot Fellowships. The program provides funding for today’s brightest minds to apply their talent and …
  44. From the bioRxiv: A Selection of Recently Posted Papers From SCGB Investigators and Others

    February 24, 2023
    Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond.
  45. Conference Spotlight: Cosyne 2023

    February 23, 2023
    Check out these talks and workshops featuring Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain investigators and fellows.
  46. Simons Foundation Scientists Named as Sloan Research Fellows

    February 16, 2023
    The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded its prestigious research fellowship to four past and present Simons Foundation researchers. This year’s 125 fellowship recipients “represent the most …
  47. CCM Director Leslie Greengard Awarded ICIAM Pioneer Prize

    January 31, 2023
    … applications, from chip simulation to molecular modeling. In 2000, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers recognized the FMM as one of the top ten algorithms of …
  48. From the bioRxiv: A Selection of Recently Posted Papers From SCGB Investigators and Others

    January 30, 2023
    Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond.
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