‘Push the Boundaries’: 2020 Michelson Prize Winners on How the Award Advanced Their High-Risk/High-Reward Research
2020 Michelson Prize Winners Dr. Danika Hill and Dr. Michael Birnbaum say the awards came at transitional points in their careers and enabled them...
A Year of Impactful Legislation: State Leaders Honored for Taking Bold Action to Advance an Educational Equity for California Students
To honor the state leaders who have taken bold action to advance an educational equity agenda, the Michelson 20 Million Minds Foundation and the...
‘Think Big’: 2019 Michelson Prizes Winners on How the Award Advanced Their High-Risk/High-Reward Research
As the Michelson Medical Research Foundation and the Human Immunome Project gear up to announce the latest winners of the 2021 Michelson Prizes on...
Get to Know Our 2021 Smart Justice Spark Grantees
The Michelson 20MM Foundation is proud to announce their cohort of 2021 Smart Justice Spark Grantees, who will take the challenges of post-secondary...
‘Science Driven by Passion’: 2018 Michelson Prize Winners on How the Award Advanced Their High-Risk/High-Reward Research
As the Michelson Medical Research Foundation and the Human Vaccines Project gear up to announce the latest winners of the 2021 Michelson Prizes on...
USC Team Shows How Memories are Stored in the Brain, with Potential Impact on Conditions Like PTSD
Fish that glow; a tailor-made microscope; a new way to catalog science. After six years, researchers at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent...
Inspiring Statewide Action: Education Trust–West’s All in for Financial Aid Campaign
Recognizing the essential role financial aid plays in a student’s success, the Michelson 20MM Foundation was proud to award a Spark Grant to...
Statement on Governor Newsom’s California Blueprint Proposal
“If you’re an entrepreneur, focus on textbooks … You’ll find tremendous opportunity, great competition, which ultimately drives costs...
Innovative Medical Education Company Partners with the World’s Largest Scientific Publisher in Effort to Reach 1 Billion Learners by 2025
Osmosis, a Michelson 20MM portfolio company, recently became a part of Elsevier, the world’s largest scientific publishing company. ...
The Smart Justice Think Tank: A Coalition of Higher Education Champions and Directly Impacted Leaders
California’s post-secondary institutions, along with higher education leaders, policy experts, and directly impacted leaders, can play an essential...
The Most Read Stories of 2021: Looking Back on a Year Filled with Challenges and Hope
The Michelson Philanthropies network published more than 230 articles in 2021, far more than in years past. Articles that highlight where our work...
Dr. Michelson Advocates for Establishing a “National Institute for Cures” to Fast-Track Drug and Vaccine Development
Dr. Gary Michelson makes the case for why increased fast-tracking of funding and development for innovative scientific developments is key for our...