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Science
Top Scientists Honored at 7th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony in Silicon Valley
Mountain View, California — Last night, some of the biggest names in science, technology, and entertainment came...
Criminal Justice Reform
Building Opportunity for People with Histories of Incarceration
Pablo Gaxiola walked out of prison in 2014, after being in and out of the system for 15 years. He left with his personal...
Criminal Justice Reform
Public Rights Project: Rethinking How Prosecutors Protect & Serve Their Communities
In 2017, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative launched our Criminal Justice Reform work, as part of the Justice & Opportunity...
Community
Voting has begun on critical housing and criminal justice ballot measures
With early and mail voting underway, critical community-driven ballot measures on criminal justice reform and housing...
Science
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announce First-of-its-Kind Platform And... Chan Zuckerberg Biohub and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announce First-of-its-Kind Platform And Service To Enable...
Editor’s Note: This release has been updated as of 12/17/21. New open-source cloud-based tool rapidly interprets terabytes...
Science
CZI announces support for protocols.io to accelerate open, reproducible science
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced its support for protocols.io, an open access resource that allows...
Science
CZI announces support for policymaking based on scientific evidence
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced its support for the American Association for the Advancement of Science...
Science
Helmsley Charitable Trust and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announce new grant opportunities to suppo... Helmsley Charitable Trust and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announce new grant opportunities to support the growth of the...
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (Helmsley) and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) are partnering on a...
Science
CZI announces funding for ASAPbio, joins newly created Member Advisory Group
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced that it will join a new Member Advisory Group for ASAPbio (Accelerating...
Science
CZI announces new $12.5 million funding opportunity to bring more engineering expertise to imaging
September 5, 2018 — Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is inviting engineers, physicists, mathematicians,...
Criminal Justice Reform
Ohio State Ballot Measure Aimed at Improving Public Safety and Tackling Overcrowded Prisons Gains... Ohio State Ballot Measure Aimed at Improving Public Safety and Tackling Overcrowded Prisons Gains Support from the Cha...
As part of our Justice & Opportunity Initiative, which focuses on housing affordability, criminal justice reform,...
Criminal Justice Reform
Award-winning podcast, education program at San Quentin Prison gain support from the Chan Zuckerberg... Award-winning podcast, education program at San Quentin Prison gain support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced support for two projects based at San Quentin Prison; the award-winning...
Criminal Justice Reform
CZI Justice & Opportunity Staff Collaborate with Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office
Over the next few weeks, a team from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Justice & Opportunity team will...
Science
Announcing 85 grants to support the Human Cell Atlas
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) today announced new funding for 85 projects to support the Human Cell Atlas, a global...
Science
Inscopix podcast: Cori Bargmann on the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Neurodegeneration Challenge... Inscopix podcast: Cori Bargmann on the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Neurodegeneration Challenge Network
On the Inscopix podcast, Cori Bargmann talks with host (and Cori’s former post doc) Jami Lynn Milton about the CZI...
Criminal Justice Reform
CZI Coffee Chat: Prosecutors Control the Front Door
“Prosecutors are the ones who control the front door. They decide whether a case is going to be charged or whether an...
Grants
Early Career Acceleration Awards Named After the Late Ben Barres
In February, we announced our call for applications for projects addressing neurodegenerative disorders. We’re focused on...
