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Howard Hughes Medical Institute Creates $120 Million Scientist Program (Grants Roundup)

By  M.J. Prest
March 24, 2020
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant will create the Medically Trained Scientists Program, which will offer long-term grants to 40 early-career scientists conducting postdoctoral research in health fields.
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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant will create the Medically Trained Scientists Program, which will offer long-term grants to 40 early-career scientists conducting postdoctoral research in health fields.

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

$120 million to establish the Medically Trained Scientists Program, which will offer long-term grants to 40 early-career scientists who are committed to conducting postdoctoral research in health fields.

Amazon Web Services

$20 million pledge to its AWS Diagnostic Development Initiative to accelerate diagnostic research, innovation, and development to improve detection of Covid-19 and create plans to mitigate future infectious-disease outbreaks.

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Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

$120 million to establish the Medically Trained Scientists Program, which will offer long-term grants to 40 early-career scientists who are committed to conducting postdoctoral research in health fields.

Amazon Web Services

$20 million pledge to its AWS Diagnostic Development Initiative to accelerate diagnostic research, innovation, and development to improve detection of Covid-19 and create plans to mitigate future infectious-disease outbreaks.

Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts

$10.1 million to 19 organizations in the United States in its inaugural round of giving to increase access to opioid-use-disorder treatment and services in urban, rural, minority, tribal, and low-income communities.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

$10 million to the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization to combat the infestation of locusts affecting food crops in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.

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Cisco

$8 million to the United Nations Foundation’s Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund and other organizations responding to the global coronavirus crisis. The technology company is also pledging $210 million in software and other in-kind resources to support health care, education, government response, and critical technology in public health.

American Bar Endowment

$7.2 million to the American Bar Foundation and the ABA Fund for Justice and Education for law-related legal service, education, and research programs.

Clorox Company Foundation and Verizon

$5.5 million to Direct Relief to purchase protective gear for health-care workers on the front lines of the Covid-19 crisis. Clorox contributed $3 million and Verizon donated $2.5 million for the effort.

Clara Lionel Foundation

$5 million to five humanitarian organizations to treat people sick with Covid-19, support frontline health-care workers, and prevent the spread of the virus, particularly in marginalized communities in the United States, the Caribbean, and Africa. The recipients include Direct Relief, Feeding America, International Rescue Committee, Partners in Health, and the World Health Organization’s Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund.

Bacardi USA

$5 million to Florida International University to establish an academic program about the alcohol industry within the Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management.

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Houston Endowment

$2.5 million to Spark to support its efforts to redesign 30 public-school playgrounds into community parks in Houston.

Portland General Electric

$1 million to several nonprofit organizations in Oregon that are addressing food security and education during the Covid-19 crisis. Grantees include the Oregon Food Bank, Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon, the Marion Polk Food Share, the Oregon Community Foundation Covid-19 Fund, and local educational programs.

RXR Realty

$1 million to the Westchester Community Foundation to support nonprofit groups and residents of New Rochelle, N.Y., suffering from the Covid-19 public-health crisis.

New Grant Opportunity

The NextGen Committee of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation has issued a request for proposals from new or existing programs that aim to reduce global warming. One grant of $100,000 will be awarded to a nonprofit group in the United States working in direct carbon avoidance, climate communication, climate education, industry engagement, and related environmental areas. Proposals are due May 15, and full applications will be due July 10.

Send grant announcements to grants.editor@philanthropy.com.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy subscribers also have full access to GrantStation’s searchable database of grant opportunities. For more information, visit our grants page.

Read other items in this Covid-19 Coverage: Grants Roundups package.
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M.J. Prest has been writing about major gifts, grant making, and executive moves for the Chronicle since 2004.
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