About the Fund
We aim to support research that achieves important, broadly applicable insights about biological processes.
Many of the most impactful discoveries in the history of science have been novel, pathbreaking findings that enabled subsequent exploration of whole new areas. We aim to fund basic science that could end up playing that enabling role when we see it as neglected by other potential funders.
Research & Updates
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Many of the conversations we’ve had, as I’ve interpreted them, have stressed the difficulty of securing support for attempts at breakthrough fundamental science in the current system.
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Better understanding, and being able to mitigate, the basic mechanisms of aging could contribute to reduced age-related mortality and impairment for a very large number of people.