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A Conversation with Scientific Advisory Board Member Rebekka S. Klausen, Ph.D.
My early life was split between the US and Denmark, which is where my mom is from. I think of myself as growing up in New England....
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A conversation with Scientific Consultant Dr. Carlos Andrés Guerrero
I research various aspects of interactions between phages (viruses that infect bacteria) and their hosts. The most interesting part of my job is that I get to discover something new and that sense of discovery is very thrilling.
News Release
Kaufman Foundation Awards $2 Million for Fundamental Scientific Research at Pennsylvania Institutions
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 1, 2024 – The Charles E. Kaufman Foundation has announced $2 million in grants for faculty at Pennsylvania institutions conducting innovative, fundamental scientific research in the fields of biology, chemistry and physics.
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$1.8 million for science research goes to Pa. universities
Detecting Earth-like planets orbiting stars and learning how bacteria initiate or exit biofilm communities are two research projects receiving a 2023 grant from The Charles E. Kaufman Foundation.
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$2 million awarded for scientific research at Pa. universities
Supported projects include an effort to model the impact of dark matter on the era when the first stars and galaxies formed, and an investigation into the role of genetic background on evolution.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. 17, 2023 – The Charles E. Kaufman Foundation has announced $2 million in grants for innovative, interdisciplinary scientific research at Pennsylvania universities.
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$2.1 million awarded to scientific research based at Pa. universities
Studies include understanding interbacterial competition that leads to bacterial colonization and trying to crack the code human embryos use to communicate
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Allegheny College Professor and Students to Explore Whether Alternative Form of Life Can Be Created
Allegheny College
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$2.1 million awarded to scientific research based at Pa. universities
Studies range from antibody function, to black holes, to how time of day influences creativity
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 19, 2021 – At a time when the need for scientific understanding of biological processes, the environment and human health is needed more than ever, The Charles E.
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Kaufman Foundation Awards $1.8 Million for Scientific Research
The Charles E. Kaufman Foundation, a supporting organization of the Pittsburgh Foundation, has awarded grants totaling $1.8 million in support of cutting-edge scientific research at Pennsylvania universities. Through its New Recipients focus area, the foundation awarded grants of $150,000 over two years to scientists making the transition to academia.
Philanthropy News Digest
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Five Penn State researchers awarded grants by Kaufman Foundation
The Charles E. Kaufman Foundation — a supporting organization of The Pittsburgh Foundation, which works to improve the quality of life in the Pittsburgh region — has selected two projects led by Penn State researchers to receive New Initiatives grants.
Penn State News