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  1. Simons Foundation Accepting Applications for Simons Collaborations in Ecology and Evolution

    August 4, 2025
    The Simons Foundation’s Life Sciences division is now accepting applications for its Simons Collaborations in Ecology and Evolution awards. The deadline for receipt of vision statements is …
  2. Contrail Cirrus and Cirrus Cloud Thinning: Intertwined Climate Strategies

    Funded Work
    Among the three widely known solar radiation management/modification (SRM) methods of stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI), marine cloud brightening (MCB), and cirrus cloud thinning (CCT), CCT is the …
  3. New Platforms for Solar Radiation Management Science

    Funded Work
    Atmospheric aerosols have a direct impact on Earth’s radiative balance through scattering and absorption of sunlight and an indirect impact through their feedback on cloud optical properties …
  4. Constraining Aerosol Size Distribution in the Aircraft Wake for Quantitative Stratospheric Aerosol Injection

    Funded Work
    Accelerating global warming has prompted urgent but controversial discussions about stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI), a climate intervention that involves dispersing aerosols or their precursor gases into the stratosphere …
  5. Assessing Cirrus Cloud Thinning Strategies by Learning from Aerosol-Cirrus Interactions in Natural and Perturbed Conditions

    Funded Work
    This project aims to evaluate the feasibility of cirrus cloud thinning (CCT) as a solar radiation management (SRM) strategy by improving our understanding of existing aerosol-cirrus interactions …
  6. SOLACE: Sustainable Organic and Inorganic Laboratory Aerosols for Climate Engineering

    Funded Work
    The SOLACE project (Sustainable Organic and Inorganic Laboratory Aerosols for Climate Engineering) will investigate the impacts of using engineered aerosols for solar radiation management.
  7. Simons Searchlight July 2025 Update: New Phenotypic Data Available

    July 30, 2025
    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.
  8. Tsunamis, Landslides and Asteroid Impacts: GeoClaw Models Deadly Flows

    July 30, 2025
    The open-source modeling platform GeoClaw enables scientists to predict and prepare for deadly natural disasters by simulating complex geophysical flows.
  9. Watch: Self Interacting Dark Matter, A Short Film About the Mysterious Nature of the Universe — and Ourselves

    July 30, 2025
    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.
  10. Perimeter Institute’s Emmy Noether Workshop Fosters Collaboration for Women in Science

    July 28, 2025
    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.
  11. First Class of Simons Dissertation Fellows in Mathematics Announced

    July 23, 2025
    The fellowship, named in honor of foundation co-founder Jim Simons, provides research support to exceptional graduate students in mathematics.
  12. Watch: Who Cares About Gravitational Waves?, a Short Film Making the Case for Why We Should

    July 23, 2025
    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 …
  13. When Betelgeuse Explodes, It’s Going to Take Out Another Star

    The New York Times
    The tempestuous star in Orion’s shoulder has a buddy, and neither of their futures look bright.
  14. Mathematics and Chemistry Join Forces for Human Health, University of California, Los Angeles

    In the News
    New research from two UCLA professors with support from the Simons Foundation’s Math + X program opens the door to revolutionary advances — with already proven results.
  15. Gravitational Waves Reveal Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever Detected

    July 21, 2025
    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 …
  16. Hubble Telescope Zooms in on the Galaxy Next Door

    Washington Post
    Now, thanks to a decade of observations by the Hubble Space Telescope, we have a chance to see Andromeda as never before. Early this year, NASA released a …
  17. Astronomers Witness an Alien Solar System’s Birth for the First Time

    Scientific American
    Observations of a baby star may show the earliest stages of planet formation that astronomers have ever seen.
  18. SINEUPs: lncRNAs With the Potential To Upregulate Haploinsufficient Autism Risk Genes

    July 16, 2025
    … 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 …
  19. Watch: Molecular Duet, a Short Film on Beauty Emerging from Chaos

    July 16, 2025
    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.
  20. Jim Simons Tribute Event Honors His Lifelong Support for Math and Science

    July 15, 2025
    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.
  21. More Than 50 Simons Foundation Grantees To Speak at 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians

    July 11, 2025
    The International Congress of Mathematics brings together the world’s leading mathematicians for collaboration and inspiration.
  22. Dark Energy Might Be Fading — So What Does That Mean?, Earth.com

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    New data suggests that dark energy, the force driving cosmic acceleration, might be weakening with time. If so, expansion could eventually slow, stop, or even reverse.
  23. Watch: How to Connect Two Bodies, a Short Film on the Connections That Make Us Who We Are

    July 9, 2025
    Writer, director, producer and editor Grace Zhang and Flatiron Institute Research Fellow Bargeen Turzo partnered to create a poetic exploration of hinge proteins.
  24. New Study Reveals Subclasses of Autism by Linking Traits to Genetics

    July 9, 2025
    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 …
  25. Robbert Dijkgraaf Joins Simons Foundation Board of Trustees

    July 8, 2025
    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 …
  26. Watch: Did You Know That Space Can Sing?, a Short Film on Experiencing the Universe Through Sound

    July 2, 2025
    Flatiron Institute astrophysicist Carrie Filion and filmmaker Em Oliver collaborated to create a film telling the story of the universe’s beauty through sound.
  27. Simons Society of Fellows Welcomes 3 New Senior Fellows

    July 2, 2025
    … 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 …
  28. Announcing the 2025 Simons Early Career Investigators in Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Evolution

    July 1, 2025
    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 …
  29. Applications Open for SFARI Data Analysis RFA

    July 1, 2025
    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 …
  30. 2025 Travel Support for Mathematicians Awardees Announced

    June 26, 2025
    … 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 …
  31. Watch: Beyond the 20, a Short Film About What Lies Beyond Nature’s Molecular Design

    June 25, 2025
    A collaboration between filmmaker John Marty and Flatiron Institute biomolecular scientist Vikram Mulligan explores designing custom molecules.
  32. CCN Research Scientist Alex Williams Named McKnight Scholar

    June 23, 2025
    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 …
  33. Autism Inpatient Collection Releases Genetic, Phenotypic Data for More Than 1,500 Hospitalized Children With Autism

    June 18, 2025
    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.
  34. Watch: 6 Science Short Films Created by Flatiron Institute Researchers and Filmmakers

    June 18, 2025
    The two-week-long Symbiosis program yielded six experimental short films about basic science.
  35. Physicists Cool Quantum Simulator To Record-Breaking Low Temperatures

    June 17, 2025
    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 …
  36. Simons Society of Fellows Welcomes 15 New Junior Fellows

    June 13, 2025
    … 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 …
  37. A 10-Fold Increase in Rocket Launches Would Start Harming the Ozone Layer

    Cosmos Magazine
    The international space industry is on a growth trajectory, but new research shows a rapid increase in rocket launches would damage the ozone layer.
  38. Autism BrainNet Releases Genetic Data for 27 New Brain Samples

    June 9, 2025
    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 …
  39. Support for Ukrainian Scientists Keeps Research and Collaboration Alive

    June 8, 2025
    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 …
  40. How Abacuses Bring Together Students With Blindness or Low Vision

    June 3, 2025
    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.
  41. Simons Foundation Accepting Applications for Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution

    June 2, 2025
    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 …
  42. An Inspirational Mix: ICM 2026 in Philadelphia

    June 2, 2025
    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 …
  43. Watch: SCGB Scientists Reflect on 11 Years of Progress in Systems Neuroscience

    May 29, 2025
    In these videos, leading neuroscientists share discoveries, memories and lessons from their international collaboration to map the neural processes behind cognition.
  44. Peter Lax, Science Lives

    In the News
    In 2014, mathematician Peter Lax discussed his incredible career and accomplishments as part of the Simons Foundation’s Science Lives series.
  45. Peter Lax, mathematician who found order in the natural world, dies at 99

    Washington Post
    Peter Lax, an innovator in applied mathematics who left Hungary during World War II and worked on U.S. atomic bomb calculations as a college student while developing …
  46. Foundation’s Film About Jim Simons Named People’s Gold Winner at Telly Awards

    May 20, 2025
    The short film, Jim Simons: Life and Philanthropy, explores Simons’ life and his impact on math, science, investing and philanthropy.
  47. The Transmitter Wins 4 Neal Awards for Specialized Journalism

    May 20, 2025
    The publication picked up awards for best launch of a media brand, best profile, best single article and the overall top prize.
  48. Linking human-specific synaptic developmental timing to early cortical circuit function and plasticity in autism spectrum disorders

    Funded Work
    Despite recent progress, the development of tailored therapies for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) requires identifying the causal links between genetic, cellular and neural circuit defects that lead to …
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