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Supported by the Simons Foundation, a large-scale sculpture placed in the heart of the Flatiron district connects the two iconic cities via livestream. -
The 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 … -
The 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 … -
With an orbit longer than those of most of its brethren, the new planet spotted by volunteer planet hunters and confirmed by Flatiron Institute scientists and their colleagues … -
The 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 … -
The 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 … -
New research led by Flatiron Institute researchers reveals the source of the mysterious swirling flows in some of nature’s largest cells. -
The 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. -
The 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 … -
The 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 … -
The 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 … -
The 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 … -
The international team behind the Event Horizon Telescope, including the Flatiron Institute’s Jordy Davelaar, created a never before seen picture of the supermassive black hole at the … -
The 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 … -
… 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 … -
Projects from multiple research groups suggest that a protein released from blood platelets plays a major role in rejuvenating old brains. -
The new map includes around 1.3 million quasars from across the visible universe and could help scientists better understand the properties of dark matter. -
The Sandbox Fellowship is a comprehensive program that supports select Science Sandbox awardees to strengthen their foundations and to become more resilient. -
Flatiron Institute computational mathematician Ruben Ohana is working within the Polymathic AI team to create foundation models that can help scientists solve a range of problems from climate … -
The 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 … -
Physicist Kun Chen studies the unexpected behavior of many interacting electrons in solids by developing methodologies originating in other areas of physics. -
The 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 … -
… science. CUNY’s faculty and students will be a vital part of this scientific revolution.” -
STEM From Dance and Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics each received five-year grants to chart paths toward sustainability and continued long-term impact. -
Simons 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 … -
The 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 … -
How Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics prepares curious, talented young people to become the next generation of STEM practitioners. -
The foundation’s In the Path of Totality initiative is partnering with dozens of communities to make the upcoming eclipse an engaging and unforgettable experience. -
Last 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 … -
… 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 … -
SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund three grants in response to the 2023 Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science request for applications. -
… before proposing a project. During the planning phase, we provided starter grants and support to catalyze conversations around art, science, cross-pollination and the upcoming solar eclipse … -
New 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 … -
SFARI 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. -
… 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 … -
For 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 … -
Using state-of-the-art computer simulations, astrophysicists at the Flatiron Institute and their colleagues have sharpened our picture of how black holes may generate some of the … -
… 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 … -
Check out these presentations from SCGB PIs and trainees at the SFN conference November on 11-15. -
Two studies by different research groups — one led by Flora Vaccarino and the other by Juergen Knoblich — used brain organoids derived from pluripotent stem cells of people with … -
This 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 … -
Check out these presentations from SCPAB PIs and trainees at the SFN conference on November 11-15.
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… 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 … -
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 … -
By studying the changing geometry of cell nuclei in fruit flies, scientists have gained a better understanding of the dynamics that shape the part of our cells that … -
… 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 …
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By extracting ideas from different fields and applying them to broad problems, Rachel Ward has built unexpected connections across a huge swath of applied mathematics.