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Science
Watch Priscilla Chan on Good Morning America
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Co-founder and Co-CEO Priscilla Chan spoke on ABC’s Good Morning America about CZI’s Rare As...
Science
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $68 Million to Support the Growth of the Human Cell Atlas
REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. (June 21, 2019) — Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced $68 million in funding to...
Grants
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Launches New Funding Opportunity for Open Source Software Projects... Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Launches New Funding Opportunity for Open Source Software Projects Essential to Science
REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. — Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) opened a new funding opportunity to support open source...
Science
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Launches New Program to Support Patients to Accelerate Progress Agains... Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Launches New Program to Support Patients to Accelerate Progress Against Rare Diseases
REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. — Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced a new program aimed at supporting and lifting...
Science
McGill University’s Centre of Genomics and Policy Receives Funding to Create Ethics and Governance... McGill University’s Centre of Genomics and Policy Receives Funding to Create Ethics and Governance Resources for the...
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, and the Klarman Family Foundation...
Criminal Justice Reform
Formerly Incarcerated Leaders are Paving the Road for Change
At the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, we want to help the diverse and growing criminal justice reform movement flourish, which...
Education
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Launches $6.9 Million Effort to Increase Diversity of STEM Students o... Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Launches $6.9 Million Effort to Increase Diversity of STEM Students on College Campuses
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced that it has awarded $6.9 million to support a unique partnership to...
Criminal Justice Reform
Making Real Second Chances Possible
This April we celebrate Second Chances Month — a time to recognize and honor individuals and organizations that are...
Education
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Joins 10th Annual ASU GSV
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced its participation in the 10th annual ASU GSV Summit, sharing a series of...
Science
CZI Awards $17 Million to Bring More Engineering Expertise to Biomedical Imaging
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced $17 million in funding and its selection of 17 CZI Imaging Scientists...
Criminal Justice Reform
Fast Company: How technology can help build a more equitable justice system
This piece was published in Fast Company on March 6, 2019. Over the past several years, many of us have come to rely on...
Education
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Joins SXSW
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced it will participate in South by Southwest (SXSW), sharing a series of...
Science
CZI Announces Support for Open-Source Software Efforts to Improve Biomedical Imaging
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced funding for open-source software efforts to improve image analysis and visualization in biomedicine. Microscopy — critical to modern cell biology — generates large volumes of complex data that pose significant challenges for analysis and visualization. The funding will support developers (“Imaging Software Fellows”) from three projects to develop […]
Science
CZI Awards Over $51 Million to Fight Neurodegenerative Disorders, Including Alzheimer’s and... CZI Awards Over $51 Million to Fight Neurodegenerative Disorders, Including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Redwood City —Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced $51.95 million in funding and its selection of 17 early...
Criminal Justice Reform
Shutting people with records out of opportunity is economically foolish
This opinion editorial was published in USA Today on November 23, 2018: By David Plouffe and Mark Holden Our nation’s...
Criminal Justice Reform
CZI and Over 25 Partners Launch National Bipartisan ‘Clean Slate’ Initiative to Automate... CZI and Over 25 Partners Launch National Bipartisan ‘Clean Slate’ Initiative to Automate Clearing of Criminal...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a time when right and left agree on very little, today, a diverse group of more than 25 groups from...
Criminal Justice Reform
Reimagining Justice, Together
By David Plouffe, Head of Policy & Advocacy, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative – The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has...
