Grants Approved in the First Quarter of 2019 Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/29/2019 on 4/29/2019 At the Heising-Simons Foundation, we are proud of the grants and partnerships we develop to advance the issues we care about, and we believe in being transparent about our grantmaking with our partners and the public. As part of the content that is shared on this website, you can already search all of our grants …
51 Pegasi b Fellow Helps Break New Ground in Exoplanet Imaging Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/24/2019 on 4/24/2019 The GRAVITY instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) has made the first direct observation of an exoplanet using optical interferometry. The result was presented last month in the paper, “First Direct Detection of an Exoplanet by Optical Interferometry,” published in the scientific journalAstronomy and Astrophysics.One ofthe study’s co-authors is 51 Pegasi …
2018 State of Preschool Yearbook Released Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/19/2019 on 4/19/2019 Every year, the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) publishes a national report on state-funded preschool programs, tracking enrollment, spending, and policies that support quality learning. The 2018 State of Preschool Yearbook, released earlier this week and supported by the Foundation’s Education program, is the only report of its kind that helps educators, advocates, researchers, and policymakers understand how funding levels affect preschool access and program quality.
Making Headlines: Grantees in the News, March 2019 Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/12/2019 on 4/12/2019 The Heising-Simons Foundation is proud to regularly see its grantee partners featured in media outlets across the country, providing an expert voice on a timely issue or being highlighted for their accomplishments and hard work. Here are some news items that have featured our grantees in March 2019.
U.S. Census 2020: Ensuring Every Child Is Counted Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/1/2019 on 4/1/2019 In exactly one year from today, the U.S. Census Bureau will begin counting the number of people living in the United States. The data collected by the decennial census are used to determine the allocation of hundreds of billions of dollars in funding for federal, state, local, and tribal governments each year, establish a state’s number of congressional seats in the House of Representatives, and even influence where and how businesses run their organizations.
2019 Class of 51 Pegasi b Fellows Announced Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/27/2019 on 3/27/2019 The Heising-Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship in planetary astronomy. Recipients are recognized for their outstanding research achievements, their creativity, and their great promise in tackling risky and novel ideas. Since its inception in 2016, the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship has supported early-career scientists at a …
Intentionally Improving Processes for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/27/2019 on 3/27/2019 Today the Heising-Simons Foundation is thrilled to announce the latest cohort of 51 Pegasi b Fellows. These six fellows represent some of the best and brightest minds launching careers in planetary astronomy, and we are humbled to play a small part in helping develop their talents. At the same time, the Foundation’s Science program would …
Making Headlines: Grantees in the News, February 2019 Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/18/2019 on 3/18/2019 The Heising-Simons Foundation is proud to regularly see its grantee partners featured in media outlets across the country, providing an expert voice on a timely issue or being highlighted for their accomplishments and hard work. Here are some news items that have featured our grantees in February 2019.
A New Hunt for Undiscovered Dark Matter Particles at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/6/2019 on 3/6/2019 The research board at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research), which operates the LHC, has approved the Forward Search Experiment, or FASER. Initiated by physicists at the University of California, Irvine, the multiyear FASER project is funded by grants of $1 million each from the Heising-Simons Foundation and the Simons Foundation, with additional support from CERN. The experiment will operate along the beam trajectory of the LHC, which creates new particles by smashing protons together at nearly the speed of light.