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12 funders with a record of paying for “simulation”
Where the money went
Largest: $3.1M to RENOWN HEALTH FOUNDATION — simulation and innovation center at renown health
Largest: $654,607 to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY — in support of theoretical research to develop non-equilibrium computer simulations of molecular motors that lie at the core of cellular dynamics.
Largest: $2.5M to EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC — flight scholarships, kidventure support, purchase of pc flight simulators
Largest: $25,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC — this award will support the development of a simulation of a clinical experience in a medically underserved community at the college of nursings internationally recognized simulati…
Largest: $72,500 to WAGNER COLLEGE — for the purchase or lease medical simulation equipment and software for the nursing school's simulation laboratory and purchase of equipment to build a portable smart tv to be used…
Largest: $100,764 to UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE — senior fellowship: laboratory simulations for prebiotic chemistry on the surface of the early earth and other planets
Triumph Gulf CoastTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $12.2M · through 2024Largest: $9.2M to PENSACOLA STATE COLLEGE — this grant will assist in helping meet the unmet job demands of local and regional employers by increasing the capacity of pensacola state college's commercial vheicle driving prog…
Largest: $24,000 to ALERIA RESEARCH CORPORATION — agent-based simulation: quantifying the impact of better frontline jobs on business performancethe goal of this project is to develop a computer simulation that quantifies the link…
Largest: $551,403 to EMORY UNIVERSITY — to explore the pros and cons of computational simulation in clinical trials, using ai/ml methods to produce simulated controls at either the aggregate or the individual level, to m…
Largest: $100,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MARY — university of mary simulation center
Wellmont Health SystemJohnson City, TNCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $972,950 to Milligan University — sponsor health sciences simulation lab
Largest: $100,000 to Odessa College Foundation Incorporated — high simulation patient room and scholarships
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →