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12 funders with a record of paying for “postdoctoral”
Where the money went The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → National Park Foundation: $14M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $4.4M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Carnegie Corporation of New York → Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (Ruforum): $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Institute for Advanced Study: $1.4M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The J Paul Getty Trust → American Council of Learned Societies: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2022 American Diabetes Association → Joan & Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell University: $419K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for → University of California San Francisco: $390K across 6 grants, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → University of Arizona: $184K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Epilepsy Society → Massachusetts General Hospital Research: $148K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine: $119K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The National Academy of Education → Singh Michael: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Lalor Foundation Inc → The Curators of the University of Missouri: $55K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → American Council of Learned Societies: $8.6M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Carnegie Corporation of New York → International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology: $1.7M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $1.2M across 1 grant, latest 2020 The Simons Foundation Inc → Mathematical Sciences Research Inst: $840K across 2 grants, latest 2023 American Diabetes Association → Joslin Diabetes Center Inc: $409K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for → Harvard University: $367K across 5 grants, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → Washington State University: $171K across 2 grants, latest 2023 American Epilepsy Society → Baylor College of Medicine: $103K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The National Academy of Education → Jackson Davena: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Lalor Foundation Inc → University of Massachusetts Medical School: $55K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → Vpe: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The J Paul Getty Trust → Brazelton-Braxton Mycah: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → The Regents of the University of California: $7.5M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Carnegie Corporation of New York → Partnership for African Social and Governance Research: $900K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Regents of the University of California: $775K across 1 grant, latest 2020 The Simons Foundation Inc → Perimeter Institute: $655K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for → University of California Berkeley: $364K across 5 grants, latest 2023 American Diabetes Association → City of Hope Beckman Research Institute: $355K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Lsst Inc → Rutgers University: $160K across 2 grants, latest 2023 American Epilepsy Society → The University of Michigan: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The National Academy of Education → Johnson Anthony: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → Ebk: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The J Paul Getty Trust → Hunt Tiffany: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Lalor Foundation Inc → The Regents of the University of California San Francisco: $48K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Simons Foundation Inc → Uc Los Angeles: $625K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of California Berkeley: $599K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → Brown University: $531K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2020 The Simons Foundation Inc → Suny at Stony Brook: $480K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → Fields Institute for Research: $450K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → University of Southern California: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Rutgers State University of Nj: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Cambridge: $373K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Stony Brook University: $360K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Montreal: $340K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for → Stanford University: $308K across 5 grants, latest 2022 The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for → University of California San Francisco: $303K across 6 grants, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → Uc Berkeley: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Coll of Holy & Undivided Trinity: $287K across 3 grants, latest 2023 American Diabetes Association → Baylor College of Medicine: $276K across 4 grants, latest 2024 American Diabetes Association → University of Virginia: $266K across 4 grants, latest 2024 American Diabetes Association → University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: $263K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for → Harvard University Medical School: $255K across 4 grants, latest 2022 The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for → Stanford University: $243K across 5 grants, latest 2023 The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for → Harvard University: $238K across 5 grants, latest 2022 The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for → California Institute of Technology: $222K across 4 grants, latest 2022 American Diabetes Association → Yale University: $207K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for → University of California Berkeley: $201K across 4 grants, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → Uc Santa Barbara: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Diabetes Association → Partners Healthcare System Inc: $199K across 3 grants, latest 2024 American Diabetes Association → University of Michigan: $195K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation: $31M on this topic. Open the funder. The Andrew W Mellon Foundation $31M The Simons Foundation Inc: $7.8M on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $7.8M Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $6.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo… $6.9M Carnegie Corporation of New York: $4.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Carnegie Corporation of New Y… $4.6M The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for: $2.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Jane Coffin Childs Memori… $2.9M American Diabetes Association: $2.6M on this topic. Open the funder. American Diabetes Association $2.6M The J Paul Getty Trust: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The J Paul Getty Trust $1.1M Lsst Inc: $515K on this topic. Open the funder. Lsst Inc $515K American Epilepsy Society: $352K on this topic. Open the funder. American Epilepsy Society $352K The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for: $219K on this topic. Open the funder. The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fu… $219K The National Academy of Education: $215K on this topic. Open the funder. The National Academy of Educa… $215K The Lalor Foundation Inc: $158K on this topic. Open the funder. The Lalor Foundation Inc $158K National Park Foundation: received $14M on this topic National Park Foundation $14M American Council of Learned Societies: received $9.6M on this topic American Council of Learned Soc… $9.6M The Regents of the University of California: received $7.5M on this topic The Regents of the University o… $7.5M President and Fellows of Harvard College: received $4.4M on this topic President and Fellows of Harvar… $4.4M Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (Ruforum): received $2.0M on this topic Regional Universities Forum for… $2.0M International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology: received $1.7M on this topic International Centre of Insect… $1.7M Institute for Advanced Study: received $1.4M on this topic Institute for Advanced Study $1.4M President and Fellows of Harvard College: received $1.2M on this topic President and Fellows of Harvar… $1.2M Partnership for African Social and Governance Research: received $900K on this topic Partnership for African Social… $900K Mathematical Sciences Research Inst: received $840K on this topic Mathematical Sciences Research… $840K University of California Berkeley: received $800K on this topic University of California Berkel… $800K Regents of the University of California: received $775K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $775K Perimeter Institute: received $655K on this topic Perimeter Institute $655K Uc Los Angeles: received $625K on this topic Uc Los Angeles $625K Brown University: received $531K on this topic Brown University $531K Massachusetts Institute of Technology: received $500K on this topic Massachusetts Institute of Tech… $500K Massachusetts Institute of Technology: received $500K on this topic Massachusetts Institute of Tech… $500K Suny at Stony Brook: received $480K on this topic Suny at Stony Brook $480K Fields Institute for Research: received $450K on this topic Fields Institute for Research $450K Joan & Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell University: received $419K on this topic Joan & Sanford I Weill Medical… $419K Joslin Diabetes Center Inc: received $409K on this topic Joslin Diabetes Center Inc $409K University of Southern California: received $400K on this topic University of Southern Californ… $400K Rutgers State University of Nj: received $400K on this topic Rutgers State University of Nj $400K University of California San Francisco: received $390K on this topic University of California San Fr… $390K University of Cambridge: received $373K on this topic University of Cambridge $373K Harvard University: received $367K on this topic Harvard University $367K University of California Berkeley: received $364K on this topic University of California Berkel… $364K Stony Brook University: received $360K on this topic Stony Brook University $360K City of Hope Beckman Research Institute: received $355K on this topic City of Hope Beckman Research I… $355K University of Montreal: received $340K on this topic University of Montreal $340K Stanford University: received $308K on this topic Stanford University $308K University of California San Francisco: received $303K on this topic University of California San Fr… $303K Uc Berkeley: received $300K on this topic Uc Berkeley $300K Coll of Holy & Undivided Trinity: received $287K on this topic Coll of Holy & Undivided Trinity $287K Baylor College of Medicine: received $276K on this topic Baylor College of Medicine $276K University of Virginia: received $266K on this topic University of Virginia $266K University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: received $263K on this topic University of North Carolina at… $263K Harvard University Medical School: received $255K on this topic Harvard University Medical Scho… $255K Stanford University: received $243K on this topic Stanford University $243K Harvard University: received $238K on this topic Harvard University $238K California Institute of Technology: received $222K on this topic California Institute of Technol… $222K Yale University: received $207K on this topic Yale University $207K Uc Santa Barbara: received $200K on this topic Uc Santa Barbara $200K Partners Healthcare System Inc: received $199K on this topic Partners Healthcare System Inc $199K University of Michigan: received $195K on this topic University of Michigan $195K University of Arizona: received $184K on this topic University of Arizona $184K Washington State University: received $171K on this topic Washington State University $171K Rutgers University: received $160K on this topic Rutgers University $160K Massachusetts General Hospital Research: received $148K on this topic Massachusetts General Hospital… $148K Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine: received $119K on this topic Imperial College of Science Tec… $119K Baylor College of Medicine: received $103K on this topic Baylor College of Medicine $103K The University of Michigan: received $100K on this topic The University of Michigan $100K Singh Michael: received $75K on this topic Singh Michael $75K Jackson Davena: received $70K on this topic Jackson Davena $70K Johnson Anthony: received $70K on this topic Johnson Anthony $70K The Curators of the University of Missouri: received $55K on this topic The Curators of the University… $55K University of Massachusetts Medical School: received $55K on this topic University of Massachusetts Med… $55K Vpe: received $50K on this topic Vpe $50K Brazelton-Braxton Mycah: received $50K on this topic Brazelton-Braxton Mycah $50K Ebk: received $50K on this topic Ebk $50K Hunt Tiffany: received $50K on this topic Hunt Tiffany $50K The Regents of the University of California San Francisco: received $48K on this topic The Regents of the University o… $48K 12 funders, 62 recipients, grants matching “postdoctoral” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $70,000 to WALLACE DERRON — 2022 postdoctoral
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Largest: $80,500 to EMILY BAYER PHD UNIVERSITY OF BASEL SWITZERLAND — postdoctoral fellowship for emily bayer, ph.d.
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Largest: $78,964 to Harvard University — postdoctoral fellowship
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Largest: $900,675 to INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY — simons bridge for postdoctoral fellowships at ias
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Largest: $135,800 to MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH — postdoctoral, junior investigator award, and workshop grants
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Largest: $184,479 to UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA — templeton foundation fellowships supporting postdoctoral research using rubin lsst data
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Largest: $550,000 to AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES — getty/acls postdoctoral fellowship in the history of art
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Largest: $48,000 to MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN — postdoctoral fellowship
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Largest: $7.5M to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA — to support expansion of the university of california's presidential postdoctoral fellowship program by sharpening its focus on the humanities at six hsi uc campuses designated as h…
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Largest: $118,800 to IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE — the imperial-aims ai in science postdoctoral fellowship
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Largest: $20,000 to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM — in partial support of the epiqs postdoctoral symposium, to be held in april 2023, which will assemble about forty postdoctoral researchers from epiqs-funded research groups.
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Largest: $129,800 to National Research Foundation — for documenting postdoctoral training models and convening regional stakeholders and postdoctoral fellows
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