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12 funders with a record of paying for “biomedical”

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Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → University of Pittsburgh: $45M across 4 grants, latest 2024Gates Foundation → Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Inc: $30M across 9 grants, latest 2024Target Als Foundation Inc → New York Genome Center: $2.9M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund → Pennington Biomedical Research Center: $2.0M across 78 grants, latest 2024Cornell University → Rockefeller University: $1.9M across 1 grant, latest 2022President and Fellows of Harvard College → Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences: $1.8M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Population Council Inc → Tulane University: $1.8M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Scripps Research Institute → Applied Biomedical Science Institute: $1.5M across 3 grants, latest 2023Buck Institute for Research On Aging → Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2023Ainslie Foundation → Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: $1.2M across 4 grants, latest 2024The Gerstner Family Foundation → Columbia University in the City of New York Trustees of: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2022Charles H Revson Foundation Inc → Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: $583K across 5 grants, latest 2024Gates Foundation → Micron Biomedical Inc: $18M across 4 grants, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → Oak Crest Institute of Science: $9.2M across 4 grants, latest 2024Target Als Foundation Inc → University of California San Diego: $1.5M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Population Council Inc → Administrators of the Tulane Educational: $1.4M across 1 grant, latest 2022The Scripps Research Institute → Texas Biomedical Research Institute: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2023President and Fellows of Harvard College → Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2023Cornell University → University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2023Buck Institute for Research On Aging → The Regents of University of California San Francisco: $1.0M across 3 grants, latest 2023The Gerstner Family Foundation → Columbia University in the City of New York: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund → Texas Biomedical Research Institute: $952K across 26 grants, latest 2023Ainslie Foundation → The Rockefeller University: $600K across 1 grant, latest 2022Charles H Revson Foundation Inc → New York University Grossman School of Medicine: $581K across 5 grants, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → Eastern Virginia Medical School: $8.3M across 4 grants, latest 2024Gates Foundation → Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research: $2.4M across 1 grant, latest 2023Target Als Foundation Inc → Dignity Health - St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center: $1.5M across 2 grants, latest 2024Cornell University → Hospital for Special Surgery: $966K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund → Pennington Biomedical Research Cent: $629K across 33 grants, latest 2021Buck Institute for Research On Aging → Uc San Francisco: $600K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Population Council Inc → Oak Crest Institute of Science: $599K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Scripps Research Institute → San Diego Biomedical Research Institute: $506K across 2 grants, latest 2022Charles H Revson Foundation Inc → Weill Medical College of Cornell University: $475K across 4 grants, latest 2024President and Fellows of Harvard College → Texas Biomedical Research Institute: $286K across 3 grants, latest 2024Ainslie Foundation → Hospital for Special Surgery: $175K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Gerstner Family Foundation → Mass General Brigham Incorporated: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → The Population Council Inc: $6.4M across 4 grants, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: $6.3M across 4 grants, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → Research Triangle Institute: $3.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → University of Washington: $2.5M across 4 grants, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → University of Colorado Denver: $2.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → Path: $2.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → Family Health International: $2.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → The University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center: $1.9M across 4 grants, latest 2024Gates Foundation → Texas Biomedical Research Institute: $1.9M across 4 grants, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → Old Dominion University Research Foundation: $1.8M across 1 grant, latest 2024Gates Foundation → Phaser Biomedical Ltd: $1.7M across 2 grants, latest 2024Gates Foundation → Sinapi Biomedical (Pty) Ltd: $1.7M across 2 grants, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → International Aids Vaccine Initiative: $1.4M across 4 grants, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → Public Health Institute: $1.4M across 4 grants, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → Cornell University: $1.3M across 4 grants, latest 2024Target Als Foundation Inc → N-Lorem Foundation: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024Target Als Foundation Inc → Columbia University: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → Research Fdn for the State University of New York: $1.3M across 4 grants, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → Oregon Health & Science University: $1.3M across 4 grants, latest 2024Target Als Foundation Inc → Johns Hopkins University: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2024Gates Foundation → Suzhou Tongli Biomedical Co Ltd: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2023Target Als Foundation Inc → University of California San Francisco: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation → Johns Hopkins University: $1.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024Target Als Foundation Inc → Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville Florida: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024Target Als Foundation Inc → University of Edinburgh: $1.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024Gates Foundation → National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023Gates Foundation → African Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology (Private) Limited: $985K across 6 grants, latest 2024Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation: $100M on this topic. Open the funder.Magee-Womens Research Institu…$100MGates Foundation: $59M on this topic. Open the funder.Gates Foundation$59MTarget Als Foundation Inc: $13M on this topic. Open the funder.Target Als Foundation Inc$13MCornell University: $4.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Cornell University$4.0MThe Population Council Inc: $3.8M on this topic. Open the funder.The Population Council Inc$3.8MThe Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund: $3.6M on this topic. Open the funder.The Administrators of the Tul…$3.6MThe Scripps Research Institute: $3.3M on this topic. Open the funder.The Scripps Research Institute$3.3MPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $3.2M on this topic. Open the funder.President and Fellows of Harv…$3.2MBuck Institute for Research On Aging: $2.9M on this topic. Open the funder.Buck Institute for Research O…$2.9MThe Gerstner Family Foundation: $2.2M on this topic. Open the funder.The Gerstner Family Foundation$2.2MAinslie Foundation: $1.9M on this topic. Open the funder.Ainslie Foundation$1.9MCharles H Revson Foundation Inc: $1.6M on this topic. Open the funder.Charles H Revson Foundation I…$1.6MUniversity of Pittsburgh: received $45M on this topicUniversity of Pittsburgh$45MNovartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Inc: received $30M on this topicNovartis Institutes for Biomedi…$30MMicron Biomedical Inc: received $18M on this topicMicron Biomedical Inc$18MOak Crest Institute of Science: received $9.2M on this topicOak Crest Institute of Science$9.2MEastern Virginia Medical School: received $8.3M on this topicEastern Virginia Medical School$8.3MThe Population Council Inc: received $6.4M on this topicThe Population Council Inc$6.4MFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: received $6.3M on this topicFred Hutchinson Cancer Research…$6.3MTexas Biomedical Research Institute: received $4.4M on this topicTexas Biomedical Research Insti…$4.4MWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research: received $3.6M on this topicWhitehead Institute for Biomedi…$3.6MResearch Triangle Institute: received $3.1M on this topicResearch Triangle Institute$3.1MNew York Genome Center: received $2.9M on this topicNew York Genome Center$2.9MUniversity of Washington: received $2.5M on this topicUniversity of Washington$2.5MUniversity of Colorado Denver: received $2.1M on this topicUniversity of Colorado Denver$2.1MPennington Biomedical Research Center: received $2.0M on this topicPennington Biomedical Research…$2.0MPath: received $2.0M on this topicPath$2.0MFamily Health International: received $2.0M on this topicFamily Health International$2.0MRockefeller University: received $1.9M on this topicRockefeller University$1.9MThe University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center: received $1.9M on this topicThe University of Texas Md Ande…$1.9MOld Dominion University Research Foundation: received $1.8M on this topicOld Dominion University Researc…$1.8MRutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences: received $1.8M on this topicRutgers Biomedical and Health S…$1.8MTulane University: received $1.8M on this topicTulane University$1.8MPhaser Biomedical Ltd: received $1.7M on this topicPhaser Biomedical Ltd$1.7MSinapi Biomedical (Pty) Ltd: received $1.7M on this topicSinapi Biomedical (Pty) Ltd$1.7MUniversity of California San Diego: received $1.5M on this topicUniversity of California San Di…$1.5MDignity Health - St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center: received $1.5M on this topicDignity Health - St Joseph's Ho…$1.5MApplied Biomedical Science Institute: received $1.5M on this topicApplied Biomedical Science Inst…$1.5MInternational Aids Vaccine Initiative: received $1.4M on this topicInternational Aids Vaccine Init…$1.4MPublic Health Institute: received $1.4M on this topicPublic Health Institute$1.4MAdministrators of the Tulane Educational: received $1.4M on this topicAdministrators of the Tulane Ed…$1.4MCornell University: received $1.3M on this topicCornell University$1.3MOklahoma Medical Research Foundation: received $1.3M on this topicOklahoma Medical Research Found…$1.3MN-Lorem Foundation: received $1.3M on this topicN-Lorem Foundation$1.3MColumbia University: received $1.3M on this topicColumbia University$1.3MResearch Fdn for the State University of New York: received $1.3M on this topicResearch Fdn for the State Univ…$1.3MOregon Health & Science University: received $1.3M on this topicOregon Health & Science Univers…$1.3MJohns Hopkins University: received $1.2M on this topicJohns Hopkins University$1.2MSuzhou Tongli Biomedical Co Ltd: received $1.2M on this topicSuzhou Tongli Biomedical Co Ltd$1.2MCold Spring Harbor Laboratory: received $1.2M on this topicCold Spring Harbor Laboratory$1.2MUniversity of California San Francisco: received $1.2M on this topicUniversity of California San Fr…$1.2MThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: received $1.1M on this topicThe Children's Hospital of Phil…$1.1MHospital for Special Surgery: received $1.1M on this topicHospital for Special Surgery$1.1MColumbia University in the City of New York Trustees of: received $1.1M on this topicColumbia University in the City…$1.1MJohns Hopkins University: received $1.1M on this topicJohns Hopkins University$1.1MMayo Clinic - Jacksonville Florida: received $1.1M on this topicMayo Clinic - Jacksonville Flor…$1.1MUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: received $1.1M on this topicUniversity of North Carolina at…$1.1MUniversity of Edinburgh: received $1.0M on this topicUniversity of Edinburgh$1.0MThe Regents of University of California San Francisco: received $1.0M on this topicThe Regents of University of Ca…$1.0MColumbia University in the City of New York: received $1.0M on this topicColumbia University in the City…$1.0MNational Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering: received $1.0M on this topicNational Institute of Biomedica…$1.0MAfrican Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology (Private) Limited: received $985K on this topicAfrican Institute of Biomedical…$985KPennington Biomedical Research Cent: received $629K on this topicPennington Biomedical Research…$629KThe Rockefeller University: received $600K on this topicThe Rockefeller University$600KUc San Francisco: received $600K on this topicUc San Francisco$600KOak Crest Institute of Science: received $599K on this topicOak Crest Institute of Science$599KMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: received $583K on this topicMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer…$583KNew York University Grossman School of Medicine: received $581K on this topicNew York University Grossman Sc…$581KSan Diego Biomedical Research Institute: received $506K on this topicSan Diego Biomedical Research I…$506KWeill Medical College of Cornell University: received $475K on this topicWeill Medical College of Cornel…$475KMass General Brigham Incorporated: received $100K on this topicMass General Brigham Incorporat…$100K
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