What is the Science Philanthropy Alliance?
France Córdova (Science Philanthropy Alliance) | Marc Kastner (Science Philanthropy Alliance)
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• Presentation Slides 

• Science Philanthropy Alliance website

• SPA Strategic Plan – The Power and Promise of Philanthropy for Science

• The COVID-19 Basic Science Prequels blog posts  

• Expanded science funding trends presentation from SPA board president Harvey Fineberg at the National Academies Endless Frontier Symposium

• Nature article: how philanthropy can nurture your research

• Science editorial (France Córdova): New goals for science philanthropy

Why do philanthropic funders support discovery science?

Rachel Jackson (Philanthropy Northwest) | Dan Linzer (Research Corporation for Science Advancement) | Maria Pellegrini (W. M. Keck Foundation) | David Spergel (Simons Foundation)
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• Research Corporation for Science Advancement’s early career faculty Scialog program

• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation landscape reports on DEI in STEM higher education

• SPA blog post on funding Minority Serving Institutions

• Dr. Nancy Wexler and the quest for the genetic underpinnings of Huntington’s Disease, an interview with the Lasker Foundation 

How do foundations determine their priorities?

Harvey Fineberg (Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation) | Adam Falk (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) | Lou Muglia (Burroughs Wellcome Fund) | Caroline Montojo l (Dana Foundation)
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• Dana Foundation statement on values 

• Sloan Foundation Annual Report including an essay from Adam Falk on setting priorities

• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)

• Staff pages for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund

How are philanthropic funders promoting equity in science?
Shirley Tilghman (Princeton University) | Isaac Agbeshie-Noye (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) | Cyndi Atherton (Heising-Simons Foundation) | Lorelle Espinosa (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation)
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• Science, policy forum article (Shirley Tilghman): Concrete steps to diversify the scientific workforce

• HHMI Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

• Heising-Simons Foundation, Women in Astronomy grantmaking program 

• HHMI Center for the Advancement of Science Leadership and Culture

• National Evaluation of the Sloan University Centers of Exemplary Mentoring (UCEM) Program

• Chan Zuckerberg Initiative press release on the expansion of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program and related Q&A 

• HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program supports early career faculty building inclusive research groups 

• HHMI Driving Change Program

• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Diversity and the Law Project

• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation DEI in STEM Higher Education Program

• Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities (HSRU)

• University of Washington ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change

How can institutions position themselves for science philanthropy?
Margaret Leinen (Science Philanthropy Alliance) | Jonelle Bradshaw de Herndanez (University of Texas at Austin) | Helene Gayle (Spelman College) | Mari Ostendorf (University of Washington)
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• Spelman College Center of Excellence for Minority Women in STEM

• Collaborative research support program through the Research Development Team at Johns Hopkins University

• The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) offers extensive training opportunities for people working in advancement, including conferences and webinars. Upcoming event: April 11-13, Atlanta: Conference on Diverse Philanthropy and Leadership 

How are philanthropic funders thinking about science and society?
Fleming Crim (Science Philanthropy Alliance) | Elizabeth Good Christopherson (Rita Allen Foundation) | Sam Gill (Doris Duke Foundation) | Matthew Walhout l (John Templeton Foundation)
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• Chronicle of Philanthropy op-ed (Elizabeth Christopherson, Sam Gill): “Trust in Science Has Eroded Since the Pandemic Began. How Should Philanthropy Respond?”

• History of the Rita Allen Foundation

• John Templeton Foundation multidisciplinary fellowship related to the Vera Rubin telescope

• Project supporting cross-field grants, a partnership between the Rita Allen Foundation and the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University

• Dark Patterns Tip Line, an intersectional technology, communication, and civic action project out of the Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford

• John Templeton interviews with staff in the Culture and Global Perspectives Department (Rashid Dar, Program Officer; Paul Wason, Senior Director)

• Consensus report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Communicating Science Effectively: A Research Agenda — includes a research overview on the shortcomings of the deficit model of science communication

• The Oxford Handbook of the Science of Science Communication includes sections on challenges in communicating science in polarized environments, and the role of intermediaries (Elizabeth Christopherson)

• Religious schools engaging with climate change (John Templeton Foundation grants - 1, 2)

• Collection of civic science resources

• John Templeton Foundation Genetics Observatory grant

How are philanthropic funders advancing science communication?
Thomas Cech (Science Philanthropy Alliance) | Ivvet Modinou (Simons Foundation) | Claire Pomeroy (Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation) | Brooke Smith (The Kavli Foundation)
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• Coalition for Trust in Health and Science 

• Simons Foundation Science Sandbox partnership program 

• Simons Foundation offers public events, including the Presidential Lectures series and the intersectional Simons Foundation Presents 

• The Water Desk, an initiative of the Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado Boulder

• Oregon State University report: Landscape Overview of University Systems and People Supporting Scientists in their Public Engagement Efforts

• University of Colorado Boulder annual Three Minute Thesis competition 

• Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science