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Science
CZI Awards $16 Million for Foundational Open Source Software Tools Essential to Biomedicine
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced $11.1 million in funding for open source software projects that are...
Grants
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announces $450 Million to Accelerate Criminal Justice & Immigratio... Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announces $450 Million to Accelerate Criminal Justice & Immigration Reform
Editor’s Note: As shared in the blog post below, in 2021 CZI announced that we would focus on our core work in science,...
Community
Communities Vote on State and Local Ballot Measures
This election cycle, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative stood alongside diverse coalitions of advocates, community and business...
Science
CZI Awards $4.7 Million for Open Source Software and Organizations Advancing Open Science
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced $3 million in funding for open source software projects representing...
COVID-19
$30 Million Public-Private Partnership Launched to Support Returning Citizens, as California... $30 Million Public-Private Partnership Launched to Support Returning Citizens, as California Urgently Reduces Priso...
Today, as COVID-19 spreads through prisons and jails, philanthropies and nonprofits joined the State of California and...
COVID-19
San Quentin News to Resume Publication with Support from Formerly Incarcerated Staff
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. – San Quentin News, the award-winning newspaper run by a staff of incarcerated and formerly...
COVID-19
NABJ-NAHJ to Spotlight Changemakers in Criminal Justice Reform During 2020 W.E.B. Du Bois Plenary
Today, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) announced details of the historic W.E.B. Du Bois plenary session,...
Science
Inside Philanthropy: Why Chan Zuckerberg is Devoting Millions to Open Source Software for Scientists
This piece was published in Inside Philanthropy on June 24, 2020. To an important degree, scientific research advances as a...
Criminal Justice Reform
First-of-Kind Leadership Development Distance Learning Program for Prosecutors Launched at Stanford... First-of-Kind Leadership Development Distance Learning Program for Prosecutors Launched at Stanford Graduate School of...
Pilot program is a collaboration of R Street, Vera Institute, For the People, Fair and Just Prosecution, Public Rights...
Science
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $2 Million to medRxiv, a Health Sciences Preprint Server and Top... Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $2 Million to medRxiv, a Health Sciences Preprint Server and Top Source of Breaking...
Editor’s Note: This release has been updated as of 11/2/21. Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced $2...
Science
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $3.8 Million for Open Source Software Projects Essential to... Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $3.8 Million for Open Source Software Projects Essential to Science
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced $3.8 million in funding for 23 grants to support open source software...
Science
New Single-Cell Technologies Help Scientists Understand COVID-19 Disease Progression
Editor’s Note: This release has been updated as of 7/26/22. Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced $750,000...
Science
New Dataset Makes Coronavirus Research Open and Machine Readable
Editor’s Note: This release has been updated as of 11/2/21. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative collaborated with leaders in...
Criminal Justice Reform
CZI Announces $3.5 Million in Anticipated Grant Support for Philadelphia District Attorney’s... CZI Announces $3.5 Million in Anticipated Grant Support for Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Led Research...
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) today announced an anticipated $3.5 million in grant support to the Philadelphia...
Criminal Justice Reform
Transforming Prosecution
“As a former prosecutor, I’ve seen firsthand how the daily decisions prosecutors make in court can have life-altering...
Grants
CZI Names Vice President and Head of Justice & Opportunity
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is proud to announce that Mike Troncoso will lead the organization’s Justice &...