Eight Scientists Awarded 51 Pegasi b Fellowship in Planetary Astronomy Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/28/2024 on 3/28/2024 Eight early-career scientists have been awarded the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship, a three-year postdoctoral fellowship that provides recipients with resources, freedom, and flexibility to conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research in planetary astronomy.
Podcast: Sushma Raman on Leading Social Justice and Philanthropic Initiatives Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/11/2024 on 3/11/2024 What types of skills are necessary to lead social justice and philanthropic initiatives? What does it mean to plan and design a career path in the social impact sector, and how can leaders best manage change and challenges? On March 12 at 9 AM EST, Sushma Raman, President and CEO of Heising-Simons Foundation, will be sharing insights and tips on these questions during a live conversation with Craig Zelizer for the Social Change Career Podcast.
One Year Into My Role as President and CEO Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 2/21/2024 on 2/21/2024 Dear Colleagues and Friends, “My work as a journalist seeks to connect silenced histories to our present day,” says Dara T. Mathis, one of two recipients of the Heising-Simons Foundation’s 2024 American Mosaic Journalism Prize. The Prize is awarded to freelance journalists for excellence in long-form, narrative, or deep reporting about underrepresented communities in the …
Dr. Jochen Marschall Appointed Science Program Director Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 12/18/2023 on 12/18/2023 We are pleased to share that Dr. Jochen (Joe) Marschall, currently serving as interim Science program director, has been appointed as Science program director at the Heising-Simons Foundation.
Gas Giants and Their Influence on the Cosmos and Careers Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 12/9/2023 on 12/9/2023 In a time when astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets with a huge diversity of properties, Dr. Marta Bryan is all about gas giants—analogs to Jupiter and Saturn.
Human Rights Day: A Funder’s Perspective On the Crisis at the U.S.-Mexico Border Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 12/8/2023 on 12/8/2023 The Heising-Simons Foundation’s Human Rights program has contributed an essay to Article 3’s digital anthology, “The Next 25: A Collection of Essays on the Future of Human Rights,” outlining its grantmaking approach to the humanitarian crisis at the US-Mexico Border. The essay is reproduced in full below. An Intersectional Approach to the Crisis at the …
Welcoming Our New Chief Financial Officer Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 12/4/2023 on 12/4/2023 We are pleased to announce that Kevin Luu, currently the chief financial officer and treasurer at Humanity United, has accepted our offer to join the Heising-Simons Foundation as our chief financial officer.
Dr. Rebecca Gomez Q&A with Child Care Aware of America Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 11/30/2023 on 11/30/2023 “We came so very close to getting a historic entitlement for child care in this country via Build Back Better, [and] even though we did not succeed, I think it’s important to recognize that advocates and organizers have, working in coalition, fundamentally changed the conversation about child care in this country,” said Dr. Rebecca Gomez in a Q&A with grantee Child Care Aware® of America.
A Multi-Faceted View of Solar System Worlds Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 11/29/2023 on 11/29/2023 To Dr. Katherine de Kleer, science is at its best when diverse areas of study converge. Her career is an inspired case in point, drawing people and perspectives together to sharpen our understanding of the enormous, enigmatic cosmos.