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| name = Simons Foundation |
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| formation = 1994 |
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| type = [[Private foundation (United States)|Private foundation]] |
| type = [[Private foundation (United States)|Private foundation]] |
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| headquarters = New York City, U.S. |
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| leader_title = President |
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| leader_name = [[David Spergel]] |
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| key_people = {{unbulleted list|Marlow Kee | Marion Greenup | |
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| Euan Robertson |
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| revenue = $267,780,782<ref name="Ratings">{{cite web | url=http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/133/133794889/133794889_201612_990PF.pdf | title=Simons Foundation, Inc. | website=Foundation Center | access-date= |
| revenue = $267,780,782<ref name="Ratings">{{cite web | url=http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/133/133794889/133794889_201612_990PF.pdf | title=Simons Foundation, Inc. | website=Foundation Center | access-date=September 6, 2022 }}</ref> |
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| revenue_year = 2021 |
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| expenses = $307,447,716<ref name="Ratings" /> |
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The '''Simons Foundation''' is |
The '''Simons Foundation''' is an American private foundation established in 1994 by Marilyn and [[James Harris Simons|Jim Simons]] with offices in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://autismspectrumnews.org/simons-foundation-funder-of-basic-science-research-early-mover-in-autism-science/|title=Simons Foundation: Funder of Basic Science Research, Early Mover in Autism Science|website=Autism Spectrum News|date=January 1, 2017|access-date=December 27, 2022}}</ref> As one of the largest charitable organizations in the United States with assets of over $5 billion in 2022,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.simonsfoundation.org/annual-reports/|title=Simons Foundation Annual Reports|website=simonsfoundation.org}}</ref> the foundation's mission is to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and basic sciences. The foundation supports science by making grants to individual researchers and their projects. |
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In 2021, Marilyn Simons stepped down as president after 26 years at the helm, and [[Astrophysics|astrophysicist]] [[David Spergel]] was appointed president.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2021/8/4/the-simons-foundation-has-a-new-president-for-the-first-time-in-its-history-wheres-it-headed-next/|title=The Simons Foundation Has A New President For the First Time In Its History|newspaper=Inside Philanthropy|date=August 4, 2021|last=Karon|first=Paul}}</ref> |
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The foundation also funds two editorially independent online publications: ''[[Quanta Magazine]]'' and ''Spectrum''. ''Quanta'' reports on developments in mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer science and the basic life sciences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.quantamagazine.org/about/|title=About Quanta - Quanta Magazine}}</ref> ''Spectrum'' provides news and analysis of advancements in autism research.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spectrumnews.org/about/|title=About Spectrum - Spectrum - Autism Research News}}</ref> |
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==The Flatiron Institute== |
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==Simons Investigators awardees== |
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The Simons Foundation funds the Simons Investigators program<ref name=program>[https://www.simonsfoundation.org/mathematics-physical-sciences/simons-investigators/ Simons Investigators], The Simons Foundation</ref> which "provides a stable base of support for outstanding scientists, enabling them to undertake long-term study of fundamental questions".<ref>[https://www.simonsfoundation.org/mathematics-physical-sciences/simons-investigators/simons-investigators-awardees/ Simons Investigators Awardees], The Simons Foundation</ref> |
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In 2016, the foundation launched the [[Flatiron Institute]], its in-house multidisciplinary research institute focused on [[computational science]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/science/flatiron-institute-james-simons-foundation.html|title=James Simons's Foundation Starts New Institute for Computing, Big Data|last=Chang|first=Kenneth|date=November 22, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref> The Flatiron Institute hosts centers for computational science in five areas: |
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Simons Investigators are nominated by eligible universities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Awards are made in the categories of mathematics, physics, astrophysics, theoretical computer science, mathematical modeling of living systems (MMLS), and math+X.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-investigators/ |title=Simons Investigators |quote=The Math+X Investigators program is designed to encourage novel collaborations between mathematics and other fields in science or engineering. |access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref> |
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{{bulleted list|[[Flatiron Institute#Center for Computational Astrophysics|Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA)]] | [[Flatiron Institute#Center for Computational Biology|Center for Computational Biology (CCB)]] | [[Flatiron Institute#Center for Computational Quantum Physics|Center for Computational Quantum Physics (CCQ)]] | [[Flatiron Institute#Center for Computational Mathematics|Center for Computational Mathematics (CCM)]] | [[Flatiron Institute#Center for Computational Neuroscience|Center for Computational Neuroscience (CCN)]]}} |
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Awardees receive research support of $100,000 per year for five years.<ref name=program/> |
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==Funding areas== |
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The foundation makes grants in four program areas:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.simonsfoundation.org/about-us/|title=About Simons Foundation|work=Simons Foundation|access-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Callahan|first=David|date=August 15, 2017|url=http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2016/5/17/inside-the-simons-foundation-big-philanthropy-on-the-frontie.html|title=Inside the Simons Foundation: Big Philanthropy on the Frontiers of Science|newspaper=Inside Philanthropy|language=en-US|access-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref> |
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{{bulleted list| Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) | Life Sciences | Autism Research / Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) | Outreach, Education, and Engagement}} |
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| rowspan="4" |Mathematics|| [[Alexei Borodin]] || Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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==Simons Investigators awardees== |
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| [[Ciprian Manolescu]] || Stanford University |
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Among other programs, the Simons Foundation funds the Simons Investigators in MPS program<ref name=program>[https://www.simonsfoundation.org/mathematics-physical-sciences/simons-investigators/ Simons Investigators], The Simons Foundation</ref> which provides a stable base of support for outstanding scientists, enabling them to undertake long-term study of fundamental questions.<ref>[https://www.simonsfoundation.org/mathematics-physical-sciences/simons-investigators/simons-investigators-awardees/ Simons Investigators Awardees], The Simons Foundation</ref> |
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| [[Fernando Codá Marques]] || Princeton University |
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==Simons Collaborations== |
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In 2012 the foundation launched a new funding model, the Simons Collaborations, which brings funded investigators — sometimes from different disciplines — together to work on an important scientific problem. To date, 25 Simons Collaborations have been launched by the foundation's Mathematics and Physical Sciences and Life Sciences divisions and by its neuroscience initiatives.<ref>[https://www.simonsfoundation.org/collaborations/ Simons Foundation Collaborations], The Simons Foundation</ref> |
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| [[Zhiwei Yun]] || Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| rowspan="6" |Physics|| Aashish Clerk || University of Chicago |
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| [[Claudia de Rham]] || Imperial College London |
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| Mohammad Hafezi || University of Maryland, College Park |
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| Jané Kondev || Brandeis University |
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| Leonardo Rastelli || Stony Brook University |
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| [[Kathryn Zurek]] || California Institute of Technology |
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| rowspan="2" |Astrophysics|| Brian Metzger || Columbia University |
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| [[Karin Öberg]] || Harvard University |
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| rowspan="3" |Theoretical computer science|| Venkat Guruswami || Carnegie Mellon University |
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| [[Omer Reingold]] || Stanford University |
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| David Woodruff || Carnegie Mellon University |
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| rowspan="16" |2019 |
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| rowspan="4" |Mathematics|| Bhargav Bhatt || University of Michigan |
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| [[Xiuxiong Chen]] || Stony Brook University |
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| [[Nets Katz]] || California Institute of Technology |
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| [[Elchanan Mossel]] || Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| rowspan="5" |Physics|| Rouven Essig || Stony Brook University |
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| Sean Hartnoll || Stanford University |
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| Gil Refael || California Institute of Technology |
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| Neal Weiner || New York University |
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| Cenke Xu || University of California, Santa Barbara |
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| rowspan="2" |Astrophysics|| Daniel Kasen || University of California, Berkeley |
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| [[Rachel Mandelbaum]] || Carnegie Mellon University |
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| rowspan="2" |Theoretical computer science||[[David Blei]]|| Columbia University |
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| [[Oded Regev (computer scientist)|Oded Regev]] || New York University |
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| rowspan="3" |Mathematical modeling of living systems||[[Brent Waters]]|| University of Texas at Austin |
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| Benjamin Machta || Yale University |
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| [[Caroline Uhler]] || Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| rowspan="16" |2018 |
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| rowspan="3" |Mathematics||[[André Arroja Neves]]|| University of Chicago |
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| [[Sylvia Serfaty]] || New York University |
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| [[Akshay Venkatesh]] || Stanford University |
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| rowspan="5" |Physics|| Liang Fu || Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| Kenneth Intriligator || University of California, San Diego |
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| Xiao-Liang Qi || Stanford University |
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| Shinsei Ryu || University of Chicago |
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| [[David Tong (physicist)|David Tong]] || University of Cambridge |
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| rowspan="2" |Astrophysics|| Yanbei Chen || California Institute of Technology |
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| [[Ue-Li Pen]] || University of Toronto |
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| rowspan="2" |Theoretical computer science||[[Constantinos Daskalakis]]|| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| [[Ran Raz]] || Princeton University |
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| rowspan="4" |Mathematical modeling of living systems||[[Claudia Clopath]]|| Imperial College London |
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| Lucy Colwell || University of Cambridge |
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| Eleni Katifori || University of Pennsylvania |
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| [[Daniela Witten]] || University of Washington |
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| rowspan="20" |2017 |
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| rowspan="4" |Mathematics||[[Simon Brendle]]|| Columbia University |
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| Ludmil Katzarkov || University of Miami |
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|[[Igor Rodnianski]]|| Princeton University |
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| Allan Sly || University of California, Berkeley |
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| rowspan="5" |Physics|| Nigel Cooper || Cambridge University |
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|[[Steven Gubser]]|| Princeton University |
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|[[Shamit Kachru]]|| Stanford University |
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| Anders Sandvik || Boston University |
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|[[Eva Silverstein]]|| Stanford University |
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| rowspan="2" |Astrophysics|| [[Eve Ostriker]] || Princeton University |
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| Wayne Hu || University of Chicago |
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| rowspan="3" |Theoretical computer science||[[Scott Aaronson]]|| University of Texas at Austin |
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| Boaz Barak || Harvard University |
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| James R. Lee || University of Washington |
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| rowspan="4" |Mathematical modeling of living systems|| Arvind Murugan || The University of Chicago |
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| David Schwab || Northwestern University |
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| Aryeh Warmflash || Rice University |
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| Daniel Weissman || Emory University |
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| rowspan="2" |Math+X||[[Andrea Bertozzi]]|| University of California, Los Angeles |
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| Amit Singer || Princeton University |
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| rowspan="17" |2016 |
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| rowspan="3" |Mathematics||[[Vladimir Markovic]]|| California Institute of Technology |
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|[[James McKernan]]|| University of California, San Diego |
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|[[Bjorn Poonen]]|| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| rowspan="7" |Physics||[[Mina Aganagic]]|| University of California, Berkeley |
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|[[Andrea Alù]]|| The University of Texas at Austin |
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| Andrei Beloborodov || Columbia University |
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| B. Andrei Bernevig || Princeton University |
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| Garnet Chan || California Institute of Technology |
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|[[Daniel Eisenstein]]|| Harvard University |
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|[[Anton Kapustin]]|| California Institute of Technology |
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| rowspan="2" |Theoretical computer science||[[Madhu Sudan]]|| Harvard University |
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|[[David Zuckerman (computer scientist)|David Zuckerman]]|| University of Texas at Austin |
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| rowspan="4" |Mathematical modeling of living systems||[[Surya Ganguli]]|| Stanford University |
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| Kirill Korolev || Boston University |
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| Madhav Mani || Northwestern University |
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|[[M. Lisa Manning]]|| Syracuse University |
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|Math+X||[[Ingrid Daubechies]]|| Duke University |
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| rowspan="4" |Mathematics||[[Ian Agol]]|| University of California, Berkeley |
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|[[Ben Green (mathematician)|Ben Green]]|| University of Oxford |
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|[[Raphaël Rouquier]]|| University of California, Los Angeles |
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| Christopher Skinner || Princeton University |
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| rowspan="3" |Theoretical computer science||[[Dan Boneh]]|| Stanford University |
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|[[Subhash Khot]]|| New York University |
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| Christopher Umans || California Institute of Technology |
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| rowspan="7" |Physics|| Jonathan Feng || University of California, Irvine |
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|[[Alexei Kitaev]]|| California Institute of Technology |
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|[[Andrea Liu]]|| University of Pennsylvania |
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|[[Mark Van Raamsdonk]]|| University of British Columbia |
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|[[Ashvin Vishwanath]]|| Harvard University |
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|[[Anastasia Volovich]]|| Brown University |
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| Matthieu Wyart || New York University |
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| rowspan="3" |Mathematical modeling of living systems|| Michael Desai || Harvard University |
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| Andrew Mugler || Purdue University |
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| James O’Dwyer || University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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|Math+X|| Michael Weinstein || Columbia University |
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| rowspan="16" |2014 |
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| rowspan="4" |Mathematics||[[Alex Eskin]]|| University of Chicago |
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|[[Larry Guth]]|| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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|[[Richard Kenyon]]|| Brown University |
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|[[Andrei Okounkov]]|| Columbia University |
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| rowspan="2" |Theoretical computer science||[[Moses Charikar]]|| Princeton University |
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|[[Shang-Hua Teng]]|| University of Southern California |
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| rowspan="6" |Physics||[[Patrick Hayden (scientist)|Patrick Hayden]]|| Stanford University |
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|[[Marc Kamionkowski]]|| The Johns Hopkins University |
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| Leo Radzihovsky || University of Colorado at Boulder |
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|[[Rachel Somerville]]|| Rutgers University |
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| Anatoly Spitkovsky || Princeton University |
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| [[Iain Stewart (physicist)|Iain Stewart]] || Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| rowspan="4" |Mathematical modeling of living systems|| Paul François || McGill University |
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| Oskar Hallatschek || University of California, Berkeley |
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| Pankaj Mehta || Boston University |
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| Olga Zhaxybayeva || Dartmouth College |
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| rowspan="13" |2013 |
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| rowspan="4" |Mathematics||[[Ngô Bảo Châu]]|| The University of Chicago |
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|[[Maryam Mirzakhani]]|| Stanford University |
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|[[Kannan Soundararajan]]|| Stanford University |
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|[[Daniel Tătaru]]|| University of California, Berkeley |
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| rowspan="3" |Computer science||[[Rajeev Alur]]|| University of Pennsylvania |
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|[[Piotr Indyk]]|| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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|[[Salil Vadhan]]|| Harvard University |
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| rowspan="6" |Physics||[[Victor Galitski]]|| The University of Maryland |
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| Randall Kamien || University of Pennsylvania |
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| Joel Moore || University of California, Berkeley |
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|[[Đàm Thanh Sơn]]|| The University of Chicago |
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| Senthil Todadri || Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| Xi Yin || Harvard University |
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| rowspan="21" |2012 |
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| rowspan="7" |Mathematics||[[Manjul Bhargava]]|| Princeton University |
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|[[Alice Guionnet]]|| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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|[[Christopher Hacon]]|| The University of Utah |
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|[[Paul Seidel]]|| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| Amit Singer || Princeton University |
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|[[Terence Tao]]|| University of California, Los Angeles |
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|[[Horng-Tzer Yau]]|| Harvard University |
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| rowspan="5" |Computer science||[[Sanjeev Arora]]|| Princeton University |
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|[[Shafrira Goldwasser]]|| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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|[[Russell Impagliazzo]]|| University of California, San Diego |
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|[[Jon Kleinberg]]|| Cornell University |
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|[[Daniel Spielman]]|| Yale University |
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| rowspan="9" |Physics|| Igor Aleiner || Columbia University |
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| Michael Brenner || Harvard University |
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|[[Sharon Glotzer]]|| University of Michigan |
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| Matthew Hastings || Duke University |
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| Chris Hirata || California Institute of Technology |
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|[[Charles L. Kane|Charles Kane]]|| University of Pennsylvania |
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|[[Hirosi Ooguri]]|| California Institute of Technology |
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| Frans Pretorius || Princeton University |
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|[[Eliot Quataert]]|| University of California, Berkeley |
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== White House BRAIN Initiative Alliance membership == |
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{{asof|December 2018|post=,}} the Simons Foundation is listed as a White House BRAIN Initiative Alliance Member.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.braininitiative.org/participants/|title=Participants|website=The BRAIN Initiative}}</ref> The Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB) is working to understand the internal processes underlying cognition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.braininitiative.org/alliance/simons-foundation/|title=Simons Foundation|website=The BRAIN Initiative}}</ref> |
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== Major gifts == |
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In May 2022, the Simons Foundation partnered with Stony Brook University to boost diversity in [[STEM]], with a $56 million gift.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://libn.com/2022/05/11/simons-foundation-sbu-aim-to-boost-diversity-in-stem/|title=Simons Foundation SBU Aims to Boost Diversity in Stem|newspaper=Long Island Business News|date=May 11, 2022|last=Genn|first=Adina}}</ref> |
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In April 2023, the Simons Foundation pledged $100 million to support “The New York Climate Exchange” (“The Exchange”) on [[Governors Island]] in New York City. The Exchange — a $700 million, 172-acre international center for developing and deploying dynamic solutions to the global climate crisis — is set to open in 2028.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fitzsimmons |first=Emma G. |last2=Rubinstein |first2=Dana |date=2023-04-24 |title=Governors Island to Be Site of $700 Million Climate Campus |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/24/nyregion/climate-hub-governors-island.html |access-date=2023-05-03 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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In June 2023, the Simons Foundation presented Stony Brook University with a $500 million unrestricted gift, which is one of the largest gifts ever made to a U.S. university.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stack |first=Liam |date=2023-06-01 |title=Stony Brook University to Receive $500 Million, an Uncommonly Large Gift |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/nyregion/stony-brook-university-gift.html}}</ref> |
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The Simons Foundation is a major supporter of Math for America, which has built a community of accomplished mathematics and science teachers who make a lasting impact in their schools, their communities, and the profession at large through collaboration and continued learning.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.educationworld.com/a_news/math-america-retains-talented-stem-teachers-through-ecosystem-trust-1328996005|title=Math For America Retains Talented Step Teachers Through Ecosystem of Trust|newspaper=Education World|last=Conklin|first=Richard|access-date=September 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the74million.org/article/15-million-to-1000-top-math-science-teachers-how-math-for-america-is-boosting-stem-in-schools/|title=15 Million to 1000 Top Math Science Teachers: How 'Math for America' Is Boosting STEM in Schools|newspaper=The 74|date=September 25, 2017|last=Thomas|first=Kei-Sygh}}</ref> |
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== Supported institutes == |
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{{bulleted list| Simons Center for Geometry and Physics ([[Stony Brook University]]) | Simons Center for Quantitative Biology ([[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory]]) | [[Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing]] ([[University of California, Berkeley]]) | Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (University of California, Berkeley) | Simons Center for the Social Brain ([[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]) | NSF-Simons Center for Quantitative Biology ([[Northwestern University]])}} |
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== Philanthro-journalism == |
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The foundation also funds two editorially independent online publications: ''[[Quanta Magazine]]'' and ''[[The Transmitter]]''. Quanta reports on developments in mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer science and the basic life sciences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.quantamagazine.org/about/|title=About Quanta|newspaper=Quanta Magazine|access-date=September 6, 2022}}</ref> ''The Transmitter'' provides news and analysis of advancements in [[neuroscience]] research and is the successor to ''[[Spectrum (online publication)|Spectrum]]'', a publication focused on [[autism]] research which originated as the News & Opinion section of the [[Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative]] website.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spectrumnews.org/about/|title=About Spectrum|newspaper=Spectrum News|access-date=September 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Oransky |first1=Ivan |title=Welcome to The Transmitter |url=https://www.thetransmitter.org/neuroscience/welcome-to-the-transmitter/ |website=The Transmitter |access-date=18 December 2023}}</ref> |
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The Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB) is working to understand the internal processes underlying cognition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.braininitiative.org/alliance/simons-foundation/|title=Simons Foundation|website=The BRAIN Initiative}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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* [[Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative]] |
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* [[Flatiron Institute]] |
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* [[Math for America]] |
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[[Category:Simons Investigator|*]] |
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Formation | 1994 |
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Type | Private foundation |
Headquarters | New York City, U.S. |
President | David Spergel |
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Revenue (2021) | $267,780,782[1] |
Expenses (2021) | $307,447,716[1] |
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The Simons Foundation is an American private foundation established in 1994 by Marilyn and Jim Simons with offices in New York City.[2] As one of the largest charitable organizations in the United States with assets of over $5 billion in 2022,[3] the foundation's mission is to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and basic sciences. The foundation supports science by making grants to individual researchers and their projects.
In 2021, Marilyn Simons stepped down as president after 26 years at the helm, and astrophysicist David Spergel was appointed president.[4]
In 2016, the foundation launched the Flatiron Institute, its in-house multidisciplinary research institute focused on computational science.[5] The Flatiron Institute hosts centers for computational science in five areas:
The foundation makes grants in four program areas:[6][7]
Among other programs, the Simons Foundation funds the Simons Investigators in MPS program[8] which provides a stable base of support for outstanding scientists, enabling them to undertake long-term study of fundamental questions.[9]
In 2012 the foundation launched a new funding model, the Simons Collaborations, which brings funded investigators — sometimes from different disciplines — together to work on an important scientific problem. To date, 25 Simons Collaborations have been launched by the foundation's Mathematics and Physical Sciences and Life Sciences divisions and by its neuroscience initiatives.[10]
As of December 2018,[update] the Simons Foundation is listed as a White House BRAIN Initiative Alliance Member.[11] The Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB) is working to understand the internal processes underlying cognition.[12]
In May 2022, the Simons Foundation partnered with Stony Brook University to boost diversity in STEM, with a $56 million gift.[13]
In April 2023, the Simons Foundation pledged $100 million to support “The New York Climate Exchange” (“The Exchange”) on Governors Island in New York City. The Exchange — a $700 million, 172-acre international center for developing and deploying dynamic solutions to the global climate crisis — is set to open in 2028.[14]
In June 2023, the Simons Foundation presented Stony Brook University with a $500 million unrestricted gift, which is one of the largest gifts ever made to a U.S. university.[15]
The Simons Foundation is a major supporter of Math for America, which has built a community of accomplished mathematics and science teachers who make a lasting impact in their schools, their communities, and the profession at large through collaboration and continued learning.[16][17]
The foundation also funds two editorially independent online publications: Quanta Magazine and The Transmitter. Quanta reports on developments in mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer science and the basic life sciences.[18] The Transmitter provides news and analysis of advancements in neuroscience research and is the successor to Spectrum, a publication focused on autism research which originated as the News & Opinion section of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative website.[19][20]
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