Funding search · EIN 133794889 · New York, NY

The Simons Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

5,303
grants reported
$846.7M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$72,495
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

simonstheoryinvestigatorautismresearchgeometrybraincollaboration

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

  • Autism genetics, sex differences, and ASD mechanism research
  • Fundamental mathematics, theoretical physics, and theory of computing
  • Marine microbial ecology, plankton biogeography, ocean 'omics
  • Computational and quantitative biology centers, often NSF-Simons cofunded
  • STEM education pipelines, scholars programs, and science outreach
  • Institutional capital and matching gifts, heavily Stony Brook and NYC

Typical grant

Median grant is about $72,000, with the middle half running $8,400 to $160,804, so most of the file is small: fellowships, travel, individual investigator supplements, and pieces of larger collaborations. The big checks, $1M to $20M, go to institutional infrastructure and named centers (New York Genome Center, Stony Brook matching gifts, Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, NSF-Simons centers) rather than to single projects. Giving repeats hard: the same universities and the same collaboration titles reappear year over year in multi-site, multi-project structures.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

  • SIMONS COLLABORATION ON
  • SIMONS JUNIOR FACULTY FELLOWS
  • NSF-SIMONS CENTER
  • PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS
  • AUTISM SEX DIFFERENCES
  • SIMONS INVESTIGATOR

Positioning adjacent work

  • Frame work as one project or core within a multi-site collaboration, the structure they already fund repeatedly.
  • For autism-adjacent work, connect to sex differences, somatic variants, or SPARK/Simons VIP cohort data.
  • Ask in the $400K to $900K range for a single-lab project; that matches their per-site awards.
  • Emphasize theory, computation, and open data tools; they fund arXiv modernization and big-data pipelines.

Worth knowing: Money concentrates in NY, CA, and MA, with Stony Brook receiving repeated eight-figure institutional and matching support tied to the founders' history there. A large share flows to a stable set of elite institutions inside named Simons collaborations, so entry usually comes through joining an existing collaboration or being recruited as an investigator rather than arriving cold.

168 grants matching “neural · $23.7M

  • $308,254

    Birkbeck University of London · 2024

    Genetics and ai for individualised neural stratification (gaiins)

  • $299,271

    Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2024

    Neural coordination mechanisms underlying social interactions in rat models of autism

  • $278,200

    New York University · New York, NY · 2024

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $260,403

    The Hospital for Sick Children · 2024

    Investigating neural oscillations in early autism with innovative wearable meg

  • $250,000

    Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Discovering neural underpinnings of age-related changes in perceptual and value-based decision-making

  • $249,974

    UCLA · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Discovering neural underpinnings of age-related changes in perceptual and value-based decision-making

  • $247,085

    University of Tbingen · 2024

    Neural tracking of acoustic-prosodic content in speech in adults with high-functioning asd

  • $218,200

    New York University · New York, NY · 2024

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition; neural mechanisms of context dependent cognitive behavior

  • $218,200

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    Characterizing latent states and neural dynamics governing cognitive behavior; international brain laboratory

  • $218,200

    Nyu School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2024

    Neural circuit dynamics underlying sequence and learning

  • $218,200

    Allen Institute · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Multi-regional analysis of neural dynamics underlying memory-guided behavior

  • $218,200

    Cnrs - Provence Et Corse · 2024

    Neural computations and dynamics of flexible behavior

  • $218,200

    Weill Cornell Medicine · New York, NY · 2024

    Global firing and synaptic-weight dynamics underlying consolidation of neural integrator plasticity

  • $218,200

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024

    The neural and computational basis of motor skills

  • $218,200

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024

    Neural mechanisms of context dependent cognitive behavior

  • $218,200

    Albert Einstein College of Medicine · Bronx, NY · 2024

    Communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $218,200

    Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Discovering repeating neural motifs representing sequenced behavior

  • $218,200

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    Characterizing latent states and neural dynamics governing cognitive behavior

  • $218,194

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024

    Deciphering the logic of episodic state computation across modalities and time; global firing and synaptic-weight dynamics underlying consolidation of neural integrator plasticity

  • $201,934

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024

    Neural circuits of frustration and aggression

  • $200,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024

    Integrative approaches to understanding whole-brain computation; leveraging dynamical smoothness to predict motor cortex population activity; neural dynamics of a multi-timescale social behavior

  • $185,000

    Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2024

    Investigating symbol-like reasoning in the brain: neural mechanisms of compositional action planning

  • $174,539

    Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024

    Short- and long-range cortical pathway and axon pathology in asd: high resolution microscopic histopathology combined with machine learning and deep neural network analyses

  • $144,102

    University of Queensland · 2024

    What is the common factor driving brain overgrowth in asd? Investigating the relationship between epigenetic marks neural stem cell proliferation.

  • $141,354

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Neural network mechanisms of cognitive motor control

  • $138,720

    Champalimaud Foundation · 2024

    Communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $120,495

    Champalimaud Foundation · 2024

    Mechanisms of learning in cortical neural networks

  • $120,000

    University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    Communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $120,000

    Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    Integrative approaches to understanding whole-brain computation; communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $120,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024

    Communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $120,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024

    Discovering repeating neural motifs representing sequenced behavior; deciphering the logic of episodic state computation across modalities and time

  • $120,000

    Uc Davis · Davis, CA · 2024

    Global firing and synaptic-weight dynamics underlying consolidation of neural integrator plasticity; neural circuit dynamics underlying sequence and learning

  • $120,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $120,000

    Weizmann Institute of Science · 2024

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $119,999

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024

    Multi-regional analysis of neural dynamics underlying memory-guided behavior

  • $113,400

    York University · 2024

    Developing a closed-loop framework using artificial neural networks and non-human primate experiments to test theories of atypical facial emotion processing in asd

  • $109,100

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Neural circuit dynamics underlying sequence and learning

  • $109,100

    Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2024

    Multi-regional analysis of neural dynamics underlying memory-guided behavior

  • $109,100

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024

    Multi-regional analysis of neural dynamics underlying memory-guided behavior

  • $109,100

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $80,502

    Nyu School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2024

    Neural mechanisms of goal directed behavior: pilot fund for non-human primate neuroscience consortium

  • $79,491

    University of Durham · 2024

    Conformally equivariant neural networks

  • $75,000

    Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Neural basis for observational learning in autism mouse models

  • $60,000

    University of Amsterdam · 2024

    Conformally equivariant neural networks

  • $23,575

    Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    Integrative approaches to understanding whole-brain computation; communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $10,000

    Gordon Research Conferences · West Kingston, RI · 2024

    2024 optogenetic approaches to understanding neural circuits and behavior grc

  • $10,000

    Isd · 2024

    Neural mechanisms of cognitive function

  • $10,000

    Gordon Research Conferences · West Kingston, RI · 2024

    2024 neural development grc

  • $8,400

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, MA · 2024

    Inverse problems for pdes, regularization, and neural network solutions

  • $8,400

    Baylor University · Waco, TX · 2024

    Construction and analysis of structure-preserving multilevel neural network picard approximations for partial differential equations overcoming the curse of dimensionality

  • $5,000

    Gordon Research Conferences · West Kingston, RI · 2024

    2024 neural mechanisms of acoustic communication grc

  • $359,981

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023

    Identifying convergent neural circuit deficits in autism

  • $348,905

    Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023

    Short- and long-range cortical pathway and axon pathology in asd: high resolution microscopic histopathology combined with machine learning and deep neural network analyses

  • $319,713

    University of London · 2023

    Genetics and ai for individualised neural stratification (gaiins)

  • $306,250

    Cnrs · 2023

    Neural computations and dynamics of flexible behavior

  • $298,672

    Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2023

    Neural coordination mechanisms underlying social interactions in rat models of autism

  • $250,000

    Uc Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Discovering neural underpinnings of age-related changes in perceptual and value-based decision-making

  • $250,000

    Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Discovering neural underpinnings of age-related changes in perceptual and value-based decision-making

  • $241,087

    Uc San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2023

    Neural activity and plasticity dynamics for reinforcement learning in autism

  • $238,841

    The Hospital for Sick Children · 2023

    Investigating neural oscillations in early autism with innovative wearable meg

  • $218,465

    Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2023

    Neural circuits of frustration and aggression

  • $214,952

    Uc Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    A human brain organoid model of neural network dysregulation in autism

  • $200,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $183,628

    York University · 2023

    Developing a closed-loop framework using artificial neural networks and non-human primate experiments to test theories of atypical facial emotion processing in asd

  • $180,502

    New York University · New York, NY · 2023

    Neural mechanisms of goal directed behavior: pilot fund for non-human primate neuroscience consortium

  • $150,000

    Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Neural basis for observational learning in autism mouse models

  • $147,958

    Uc San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    The impact of autism gene mutations on vocalization neural circuits

  • $146,044

    University of Queensland (Uq) · 2023

    What is the common factor driving brain overgrowth in asd? Investigating the relationship between epigenetic marks neural stem cell proliferation.

  • $145,257

    Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    Integrative approaches to understanding whole-brain computation; communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $139,100

    New York University · New York, NY · 2023

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $135,210

    New York University · New York, NY · 2023

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $126,240

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    High-throughput dissection of the neural mechanisms underlying cognitive inflexibility in autism

  • $125,200

    Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Discovering repeating neural motifs representing sequenced behavior

  • $125,000

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $125,000

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Neural circuit dynamics underlying sequence and variability

  • $125,000

    Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Discovering repeating neural motifs representing sequenced behavior

  • $125,000

    New York University · New York, NY · 2023

    Neural mechanisms of context dependent cognitive behavior; neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $125,000

    Nyu School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2023

    Neural circuit dynamics underlying sequence and variability

  • $125,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023

    Neural mechanisms of context dependent cognitive behavior

  • $124,728

    University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $124,510

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Neural network mechanisms of cognitive motor control

  • $110,000

    New York University · New York, NY · 2023

    Nyu center for neural science collaboration gift

  • $109,100

    Weill Medical College of Cornell · New York, NY · 2023

    Global firing and synaptic-weight dynamics underlying consolidation of neural integrator plasticity

  • $109,100

    Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Discovering repeating neural motifs representing sequenced behavior

  • $109,100

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $109,100

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Neural circuit dynamics underlying sequence and learning

  • $109,100

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023

    The neural and computational basis of motor skills

  • $109,100

    New York University · New York, NY · 2023

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition; neural mechanisms of context dependent cognitive behavior

  • $109,100

    Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2023

    Multi-regional analysis of neural dynamics underlying memory-guided behavior

  • $109,100

    Nyu School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2023

    Neural circuit dynamics underlying sequence and learning

  • $109,100

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    Characterizing latent states and neural dynamics governing cognitive behavior

  • $109,099

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023

    Deciphering the logic of episodic state computation across modalities and time; global firing and synaptic-weight dynamics underlying consolidation of neural integrator plasticity

  • $106,632

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    International brain laboratory (ibl); population analusis of cognitive variables; neural dynamics of a multi-timescale social behavior

  • $100,000

    Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2023

    How does the brain predict the future? Large-scale neural calcium imaging, two-photon optogenetic and deep neural network studies of future prediction across 11 neocortical areas in behaving mice

  • $100,000

    Albert Einstein College of Medicine · Bronx, NY · 2023

    Communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $100,000

    Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2023

    Investigating symbol-like reasoning in the brain: neural mechanisms of compositional action planning

  • $94,000

    Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2023

    Dissecting navigation and the general logic of episodic state computation; plasticity of global brain dynamics: tunable neural integration

  • $92,500

    Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2023

    Investigating symbol-like reasoning in the brain: neural mechanisms of compositional action planning

  • $90,000

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    Neural dynamics of a multi-timescale social behavior

  • $90,000

    University of Vienna · 2023

    Neural dynamics of a multi-timescale social behavior

  • $83,645

    Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Discovering repeating neural motifs representing sequenced behavior

  • $80,000

    Uc Davis · Davis, CA · 2023

    Neural circuit dynamics underlying sequence and variability; plasticity of global brain dynamics: tunable neural integration

  • $75,000

    Weill Medical College of Cornell · New York, NY · 2023

    Plasticity of global brain dynamics: tunable neural integration

  • $63,212

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    International brain laboratory (ibl); population analusis of cognitive variables; neural dynamics of a multi-timescale social behavior

  • $61,500

    Champalimaud Foundation · 2023

    Communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $60,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023

    Neural mechanisms of context dependent cognitive behavior

  • $60,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $60,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023

    Discovering repeating neural motifs representing sequenced behavior; deciphering the logic of episodic state computation across modalities and time

  • $60,000

    Uc Davis · Davis, CA · 2023

    Global firing and synaptic-weight dynamics underlying consolidation of neural integrator plasticity; neural circuit dynamics underlying sequence and learning

  • $60,000

    University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    Communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $60,000

    Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2023

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $60,000

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Investigating symbol-like reasoning in the brain: neural mechanisms of compositional action planning

  • $60,000

    Weizmann Institute of Science · 2023

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $57,144

    New York University · New York, NY · 2023

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $51,946

    University of Geneva · 2023

    International brain laboratory (ibl); communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $48,165

    Champalimaud Foundation · 2023

    Mechanisms of learning in cortical neural networks

  • $10,000

    Cajal Advanced Neuroscience · 2023

    Interacting with neural circuits

  • $8,400

    Baylor University · Waco, TX · 2023

    Construction and analysis of structure-preserving multilevel neural network picard approximations for partial differential equations overcoming the curse of dimensionality

  • $5,000

    Uc Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2023

    Structure, function and development of neural circuits

  • $270,210

    New York University · New York, NY · 2022

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $250,200

    Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Discovering repeating neural motifs representing sequenced behavior

  • $250,000

    New York University · New York, NY · 2022

    Neural mechanisms of context dependent cognitive behavior; spi movshon: neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $250,000

    Nyu School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2022

    Neural circuit dynamics underlying sequence and variability

  • $250,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022

    Neural mechanisms of context dependent cognitive behavior

  • $250,000

    Uc Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Discovering neural underpinnings of age-related changes in perceptual and value-based decision-making

  • $250,000

    Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Discovering neural underpinnings of age-related changes in perceptual and value-based decision-making

  • $250,000

    Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Discovering repeating neural motifs representing sequenced behavior

  • $250,000

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $250,000

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Neural circuit dynamics underlying sequence and variability

  • $249,231

    University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $228,600

    New York University · New York, NY · 2022

    Statistical analysis of neural data

  • $206,000

    Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2022

    Dissecting navigation and the general logic of episodic state computation; spi goldman: plasticity of global brain dynamics: tunable neural integration

  • $204,301

    The Hospital for Sick Children · 2022

    Investigating neural oscillations in early autism with innovative wearable meg

  • $200,000

    The Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2022

    Investigating symbol-like reasoning in the brain: neural mechanisms of compositional action planning

  • $200,000

    Albert Einstein College of Medicine · Bronx, NY · 2022

    Communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $200,000

    Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2022

    How does the brain predict the future? Large-scale neural calcium imaging, two-photon optogenetic and deep neural network studies of future prediction across 11 neocortical areas in behaving mice

  • $193,658

    University of Vienna · 2022

    Neural dynamics of a multi-timescale social behavior

  • $180,000

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    Neural dynamics of a multi-timescale social behavior

  • $174,366

    Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2022

    Short- and long-range cortical pathway and axon pathology in asd: high resolution microscopic histopathology combined with machine learning and deep neural network analyses

  • $167,645

    Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Discovering repeating neural motifs representing sequenced behavior

  • $160,000

    University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2022

    Neural circuit dynamics underlying sequence and variability; spi goldman: plasticity of global brain dynamics: tunable neural integration

  • $152,042

    Univ of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    The impact of autism gene mutations on vocalization neural circuits

  • $150,000

    Weill Medical College of Cornell · New York, NY · 2022

    Plasticity of global brain dynamics: tunable neural integration

  • $150,000

    Northwestern University - Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Identifying substrates of ube3a-mediated ubiquitination in neural progenitor cells and neurons

  • $149,200

    Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2022

    Neural coordination mechanisms underlying social interactions in rat models of autism

  • $141,976

    Uc Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    A human brain organoid model of neural network dysregulation in autism

  • $123,443

    The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $120,000

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Investigating symbol-like reasoning in the brain: neural mechanisms of compositional action planning

  • $120,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022

    Neural mechanisms of context dependent cognitive behavior

  • $120,000

    Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2022

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $120,000

    Weizmann Institute of Science · 2022

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $119,788

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    International brain laboratory (ibl); spi fee: neural circuit dynamics underlying sequence and variability; spi giocomo: remapping across time, space and region

  • $117,144

    New York University · New York, NY · 2022

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

  • $100,001

    New York University · New York, NY · 2022

    Neural mechanisms of goal directed behavior: pilot fund for non-human primate neuroscience consortium

  • $100,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022

    Integrative approaches to understanding whole-brain computation; leveraging dynamical smoothness to predict motor cortex population activity; neural dynamics of a multi-timescale social behavior

  • $100,000

    The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $97,040

    Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022

    Integrative approaches to understanding whole-brain computation; spi cohen: communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $80,566

    Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2022

    Neural circuits of frustration and aggression

  • $75,000

    Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Neural basis for observational learning in autism mouse models

  • $75,000

    Champalimaud Foundation · 2022

    Communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $71,498

    University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2022

    Perception and language in autism spectrum disorder: assessing the role of predictive processing in asd using electrophysiological modeling of neural responses to natural speech.

  • $60,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022

    Communication between neural populations: circuits, coding, and behavior

  • $12,000

    Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2022

    Discovering repeating neural motifs representing sequenced behavior

  • $10,000

    Cajal Adv Neuroscience Trainingprog · 2022

    Interacting with neural circuits

  • $8,400

    Baylor University · Waco, TX · 2022

    Construction and analysis of structure-preserving multilevel neural network picard approximations for partial differential equations overcoming the curse of dimensionality

  • $5,000

    Gordon Research Conferences · West Kingston, RI · 2022

    Optogenetic approaches to understanding neural circuits and behavior

  • $5,000

    Gordon Research Conferences · West Kingston, RI · 2022

    Neural mechanisms of acoustic communication

  • $3,000

    Gordon Research Conferences · West Kingston, RI · 2022

    Neural development

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • New York Genome Center6 grants · $40.9M
  • University of California San Diego38 grants · $34.1M
  • MIT141 grants · $30.2M
  • Stony Brook Foundation19 grants · $28.4M
  • Columbia University142 grants · $22.5M
  • New York University89 grants · $20.9M
  • New York Genome Center3 grants · $20.5M
  • Uc San Diego43 grants · $20.4M
  • Princeton University111 grants · $19.5M
  • Math for America1 grant · $19.0M

Giving over time

$300.9M
2022
$283.8M
2023
$261.9M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 5,303 grants.

  • $26.5M

    University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2022

    Simons observatory

  • $20.0M

    New York Genome Center · New York, NY · 2024

    New york genome center 2018 "new gift"

  • $20.0M

    New York Genome Center · New York, NY · 2023

    New york genome center 2018 "new gift"

  • $20.0M

    New York Genome Center · New York, NY · 2022

    New york genome center 2018 "new gift"

  • $19.0M

    Math for America · New York, NY · 2022

    Mfa new pledge

  • $12.8M

    Uc San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2023

    Simons observatory

  • $7.9M

    Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2022

    Presidential innovation and excellence fund matching gift

  • $6.7M

    Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2024

    Simons infinity investment matching gift

  • $5.6M

    University of Edinburgh · 2023

    A major programme of fundamental and clinical autism research

  • $5.1M

    University of Edinburgh · 2024

    A major programme of fundamental and clinical autism research

  • $4.8M

    University of Edinburgh · 2022

    A major programme of fundamental and clinical autism research

  • $4.5M

    Uc Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Simons institute for the theory of computing

  • $4.4M

    New York University · New York, NY · 2024

    Simons center for computational physical chemistry

  • $4.4M

    Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2023

    Presidential innovation and excellence fund matching gift

  • $4.2M

    Clinical Research Associates · New York, NY · 2024

    Autism research

  • $4.1M

    Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2024

    National institute for theory and mathematics in biology

  • $4.0M

    National Museum of Mathematics · New York, NY · 2023

    Momath capital campaign matching pledge

  • $3.9M

    University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    Simons institute for the theory of computing

  • $3.8M

    Uc Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Simons institute for the theory of computing

  • $3.5M

    Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2024

    Simons math/physics operating fund

  • $3.4M

    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2024

    Applications of genomics to breast cancer detection, risk assessment and treatment response

  • $3.3M

    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2023

    Applications of genomics to breast cancer detection, risk assessment and treatment response

  • $3.2M

    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2022

    Applications of genomics to breast cancer detection, risk assessment and treatment response

  • $3.2M

    Clinical Research Associates · New York, NY · 2022

    Autism research

  • $3.1M

    Clinical Research Associates · New York, NY · 2023

    Autism research

  • $3.1M

    Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2024

    Presidential innovation and excellence fund matching gift

  • $3.0M

    Institute for Advanced Study · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    Institute for advanced study (ias) unrestricted gift

  • $2.9M

    Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2023

    Simons math/physics operating fund

  • $2.9M

    Ucsf · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Anatomical, molecular, and systems approaches to elucidate the mechanism of sex bias in the asd

  • $2.6M

    Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2022

    Simons math/physics operating fund

  • $2.6M

    University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2022

    Array project 3

  • $2.5M

    Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2023

    Scgp current use fund

  • $2.5M

    Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2022

    Scgp current use fund

  • $2.2M

    Hautes Etudes Scientifiques · 2024

    Operating support

  • $2.1M

    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2022

    Genetic contribution to autism

  • $2.1M

    University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Scope-uw operations support

  • $2.0M

    University of Cambridge · 2022

    The autism prenatal sex differences (apex) program

  • $2.0M

    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2024

    Genetic contribution to autism

  • $2.0M

    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2023

    Genetic contribution to autism

  • $1.9M

    Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2023

    National institute for theory and mathematics in biology

  • $1.8M

    Uc San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2023

    Array project 3

  • $1.7M

    New York University · New York, NY · 2022

    Simons center for computational physical chemistry

  • $1.5M

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Support for arxiv mmodernization

  • $1.5M

    Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Nsf-simons center for quantitative biology

  • $1.5M

    Univ of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Anatomical, molecular, and systems approaches to elucidate the mechanism of sex bias in the asd

  • $1.5M

    Research Foundation of the Cuny · New York City, NY · 2024

    Cuny masters in astrophysics bridge program

  • $1.4M

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    The new simons center for the social brain

  • $1.3M

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Computational biogeochemical modeling of marine ecosystems

  • $1.3M

    Eth Zurich · 2024

    Prime - principles of microbial ecosystems

  • $1.3M

    Esther & Joseph Klingenstein Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    Klingenstein-simons fellowship awards in the neurosciences

  • $1.3M

    Esther & Joseph Klingenstein Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    Klingenstein-simons fellowship awards in the neurosciences

  • $1.3M

    Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Nsf-simons center for mathematical and statistical analysis of biology

  • $1.3M

    Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2024

    Scgp current use fund

  • $1.3M

    California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    Planetary context of habitability and exobiology

  • $1.3M

    Institut Des Hautes Etudes Scient · 2022

    Operating support

  • $1.2M

    University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2022

    Scope-uh operations support

  • $1.2M

    Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    Identification and impact of somatic mutations in regulatory regions in autism brain

  • $1.2M

    University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    Scope-uh operations support

  • $1.1M

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024

    Simons junior faculty fellows

  • $1.1M

    Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Ultra-quantum matter

  • $1.1M

    Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2023

    Stony brook simons stem scholars program

  • $1.1M

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Arithmetic geometry, number theory, and computation

  • $1.1M

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Analysis of mechanisms underlying sex epistasis in autism - core

  • $1.0M

    University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Data and tools to define the biogeography of marine phytoplankton

  • $1.0M

    Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Nsf-simons southeast center for mathematics and biology

  • $1.0M

    Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Nsf-simons center for mathematical and statistical analysis of biology

  • $1.0M

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    Planetary context of habitability and exobiology

  • $1.0M

    Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2024

    Nyce matching grant

  • $1.0M

    Uc Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Collaboration on the theoretical foundations of deep learning

  • $1.0M

    Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2023

    New york climate exchange fund matching pledge

  • $1.0M

    Uc Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Collaboration on the theoretical foundations of deep learning

  • $1.0M

    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2022

    Cshl cancer research gift

  • $1.0M

    Ecole Nationale Des Ponts Et Chaus · New York, NY · 2022

    Computational oncology program

  • $999,342

    Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Nsf-simons southeast center for mathematics and biology

  • $998,293

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Arithmetic geometry, number theory, and computation

  • $988,360

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    Arxiv operating grant

  • $976,985

    Uc San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Anatomical, molecular, and systems approaches to elucidate the mechanism of sex bias in the asd

  • $958,610

    Research Foundation of Cuny · New York, NY · 2023

    Cuny masters in astrophysics bridge program

  • $953,149

    University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Data and tools to define the biogeography of marine phytoplankton

  • $948,145

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Arithmetic geometry, number theory, and computation

  • $937,500

    Rutgers State University of Nj · Piscataway, NJ · 2023

    Simons junior faculty fellows

  • $914,085

    University of Kwazulu-Natal Durban · 2023

    The hydrogen intensity and real-time analysis experiment (hirax)

  • $914,008

    Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Identification and impact of somatic mutations in regulatory regions in autism brain

  • $900,675

    Institute for Advanced Study · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    Simons bridge for postdoctoral fellowships at ias

  • $890,169

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Computational biogeochemical modeling of marine ecosystems

  • $884,750

    Life Sciences Research Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022

    Life sciences research foundation fellowships

  • $880,262

    Ucsd · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    Array project 3

  • $856,641

    Geisinger Clinic · Danville, PA · 2024

    Simons variation in individuals project (vip) recruitment core and phase 2 coordination site

  • $846,293

    Washington University in Stlouis · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Analysis of mechanisms underlying sex epistasis in autism - core

  • $830,226

    Uc Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Topology of cortical and thalamic gene expression in asd

  • $825,000

    University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Collaborative research: transferable, hierarchical, expressive, optimal, robust, interpretable networks (theorinet)

  • $810,000

    MIT · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    The new simons center for the social brain

  • $808,494

    University of Texas Southwestern · Dallas, TX · 2023

    Cellular resolution multi-omics of white matter tracts in asd

  • $794,685

    Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2024

    Stony brook simons stem scholars program

  • $772,090

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Support for arxiv mmodernization

  • $770,284

    New York University · New York, NY · 2024

    Simons-nyu science explorations program

  • $750,146

    Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2023

    Simons junior faculty fellows

  • $750,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024

    Sex-specific differences in cognitive and brain aging; spi murphy: conserved regulatory pathways in age-related loss of plasticity and cognitive function

  • $750,000

    Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2024

    The role of microbiomes in shaping the ecology and evolution of tropical forest ecosystems

  • $750,000

    Uc Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    The simons fund for visiting scientists at the kavli institute of theoretical physics

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