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Science
CZI Awards $13 Million to Patient-Led Organizations Advancing Rare Disease Research
CZI announced $13 million in funding for 40 patient-led, rare disease advocacy organizations working alongside researchers and clinicians.
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: This release has been updated to include the new organization name for our criminal justice reform strategic...
Science
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $1.3 Million to Support the Global Rare Disease Community
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced $1.3 million in funding to support the global rare disease community...
COVID-19
STAT: Striking Down DACA Would Eliminate Thousands of Health Care Workers, Thwarting America’s... STAT: Striking Down DACA Would Eliminate Thousands of Health Care Workers, Thwarting America’s Pandemic Response
This piece was published in STAT on May 1, 2020. The health care community has a responsibility to anticipate worst-case...
COVID-19
CZI Joins Other California Philanthropies in COVID-19 Relief Fund to Support State’s Undocumented... CZI Joins Other California Philanthropies in COVID-19 Relief Fund to Support State’s Undocumented Community
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), in partnership with California philanthropies including the Chan...
Science
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $13.5 Million to Drive Progress Against Rare Diseases
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced $13.5 million in funding to 30 patient-led organizations that are...
Science
Supporting State Science and Technology Policy Fellows
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced $448,550 in funding to support science and technology policy...
Science
Making Science Journalism More Diverse and Inclusive
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced a $195,500 grant to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa...
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 &...
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 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
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...
