EurekAlert!

New HHMI program pledges $1.5 billion for outstanding early career faculty committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion

Today, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) launched a roughly $1.5 billion program to help build a scientific workforce that more fully reflects our increasingly diverse country. The Freeman ...
STAT

HHMI’s move to diversify funding sparks debate about ‘biomedical elite’

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. One of the world’s largest funders of biomedical research is looking ...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

HHMI Investigator Leslie B. Vosshall, PhD, will become Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, effective February 1, 2022.

HHMI Investigator Leslie B. Vosshall, PhD, will become Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, effective February 1, 2022. The Trustees of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have elected ...
STAT

HHMI philanthropy devotes $2 billion to boost inclusion and equity in biomedical sciences

Saying bold steps are needed to improve racial, ethnic, and gender diversity in science, the influential Howard Hughes Medical Institute on Thursday announced a $2 billion plan to accelerate inclusion ...
Princeton University

Ilana Witten named HHMI Investigator

Neuroscientist Ilana Witten, who investigates the brain circuits behind learning and decision-making, has been named a 2024 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator. Witten, a professor of ...
EurekAlert!

HHMI selects 47 colleges to participate in $50 million science education initiative

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced today that it has selected 47 small colleges and universities in the United States as the recipients of grants totaling over $50 million that will ...
Princeton University

Diversity in science: HHMI names Emily Dennis one of 15 Hanna Gray Fellows

Princeton postdoctoral research associate Emily Dennis has been selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) as one of 15 Hanna Gray Fellows for 2019. The awards, established by HHMI to ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Cellular cartographer Voeltz named HHMI investigator, granted $8 million

Flip open an intro-to-biology textbook and you’ll likely find a cartoon image of the basic cell structure, with its kidney-bean shaped, round and oblong organs—called organelles—spread out with unique ...
Brandeis University

Brandeis scientist named HHMI fellow

Brandeis researcher Julianne Pelaez, a postdoctoral associate in biology, has been awarded the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s prestigious Hanna Gray Fellowship. The award, which will provide Pelaez ...
GEN

HHMI Names 26 New Investigators While Investing $300M in Their Work

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) reports that it has named 26 of the nation’s leading scientists as HHMI Investigators. HHMI will invest more than $300 million in this newest cohort over the ...
Brandeis University

$1M HHMI Grant to Help Brandeis Build on Its STEM Successes

Brandeis has been awarded a $1 million five-year grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to increase institutional capacity for fostering the success of students from all backgrounds in ...
ucdavis.edu

Plant Biologist Siobhan Brady Named HHMI Investigator

Siobhan Brady, a professor in the UC Davis Department of Plant Biology and Genome Center, has been selected to join the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator program. (Thomas ...